Portrait of a Boy Holding a Hat
Unknown American, American
about 1850-1855
Daguerreotype, sixth plate
Image: 2 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (7 × 6 cm)
Frame: 3 9/16 × 3 1/8 in. (9 × 8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Phyllis and Bertram Geller 1937 Memorial Fund
2019.94.2
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Stamped, on reverse of plate [manufacturer of plate]: SCOVILLS MFG Co EXTRA
Course History
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
Provenance
A dealer in Texas, sold to Dennis A. Waters Fine Daguerreotypes, Exeter, New Hampshire, April 2019; sold to present collection, 2019.
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