Title: [Man Holding Book, Standing Before a Painted Scenic Backdrop]
Object type: Ambrotype
Date: 1850s–60s
Artist:  Unknown 
Artist bio: British
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Ambrotype with applied color
Dimensions: Image: 15 x 10.7 cm (5 7/8 x 4 3/16 in.)
Plate: 16.5 x 12.1 cm (6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Case: 1.9 x 17.8 x 13.3 cm (3/4 x 7 x 5 1/4 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
Department: Photographs
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Portraits