Daguerreotype (91.412)

Quarter plate photographic portrait of a seated man housed in a folding case lined with purple embossed velvet; gilt brass mat with an oval opening; gilt brass preserver holds glass, mat and photograph together; case is wood covered with dark colored embossed leather with a leather hinge (repaired); man has dark hair parted on the side and combed back from his forehead and has a full beard; he wears a dark colored frock coat with a dark colored vest over a white shirt with a large dark colored cravat at his neck

Place Made
United States