Portrait of a Young Man
date: label: date made
content: 1860 - 1870
notes: label: Description
content: Cased bust-length portrait of a young man with ear-length, curly hair, parted at his left, facing and looking at the viewer. He wears a coat, vest and cravat around high collar. Cheeks hand-tinted pink. Plain, light background. Hinged, black oval Union case features a low-relief design of doves kissing amidst roses on front and back. Front interior is lined with stamped purple velvet, while portrait is framed with a gilded acanthus-leaf preserver. Internal snap clasp at side. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
topic: label: Subject
content: Boys
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Photography
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Heirs of William and Dennis Ramsay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.220760.005A
label: accession number
content: 220760
label: catalog number
content: 220760.005A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Object Name
content: case, photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: albumen silver print from glass negative (photograph production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (photograph material)
label: Physical Description
content: thermoplastic (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (case hardware material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (case lining material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (photograph housing material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (preserver material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 5.3975 cm x 4.7625 cm