Daguerreotype of a man in paisley vest
date: label: Date
content: late 1840s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Created by
content: Littlefield, Parsons & Co., American, 1858 - 1866
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: 1/6 plate daguerreotype portrait of a man with a beard and paisley vest with gilt highlighting in a thermoplastic case. The man is pictured seated, center frame, with his proper right elbow bent and resting on a cloth-covered table. The table also holds a small vase of flowers. The man looks straight ahead at the camera. The daguerreotype is in a thermoplastic case manufactured by Littlefield, Parsons & Co. with gold colored oval framing around the photo and a red velvet lining. The case is most likely not the photograph's original presentation.
place: label: Place collected
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2008.9.15
objectType: label: Type
content: daguerreotypes
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver on copper photographic plate with thermoplastic and velvet case
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Case Open): 3 3/4 × 6 1/2 × 3/8 in. (9.5 × 16.5 × 1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Case Closed): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 7/8 in. (9.5 × 8.3 × 2.2 cm)