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Rufus Anson
Portrait of Unidentified Couplecirca 1855

Not on view
Hand-tinted daguerreotype in gilt-framed case, portrait of a bearded older man and a bonneted woman seated side by side, from the hips up

Rufus Anson, Portrait of Unidentified Couple, circa 1855, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jack Shear, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Rufus Anson
Title
Portrait of Unidentified Couple
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1855
Medium
Daguerreotype (1/6 plate) with double-elliptical brass mat
Dimensions
Image (sight): 2 3/4 × 2 3/16 in. (6.99 × 5.56 cm) Primary support (sight): 2 3/4 × 2 3/16 in. (6.99 × 5.56 cm) Case (open): 3 3/4 × 6 5/8 × 3/8 in. (9.53 × 16.83 × 0.95 cm) Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 3 5/16 × 11/16 in. (9.53 × 8.41 × 1.75 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jack Shear
Accession Number
M.91.287.3
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography