Daguerreotype of a man taken by Augustus Washington
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1850
name: label: Created by
content: Augustus Washington, American, 1821 - 1875
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of an unknown man wearing a jacket, vest, and tie. The sixth-plate daguerreotype is held in a wood and leather case with velvet lining and sits under a mat with a stamp reading [WASHINGTON] on the bottom left corner. On the back of the case is embossed: [WASHINGTON / 136 / GALLERY / MAIN ST / HARTFORD].
place: label: Place made
content: Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, 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: 2010.52.1
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 amalgam, silver on copper photographic plates with wood, leather, velvet, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 3 1/4 x 2 5/16 in. (8.3 x 5.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Case open: 3 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 1/4 in. (9.5 x 15.9 x 0.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Case closed: 3 3/4 x 3 1/8 x 9/16 in. (9.5 x 7.9 x 1.4 cm)