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Mathew Brady (studio of)
Portrait of Unidentified Mancirca 1850

Not on view
Daguerreotype portrait in a purple fabric case with gold border, showing a white man with a goatee in a dark double-breasted coat, chest-up, looking directly at the viewer

Mathew Brady (studio of), Portrait of Unidentified Man, circa 1850, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jack Shear, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Mathew Brady (studio of)
Title
Portrait of Unidentified Man
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1850
Medium
Daguerreotype (1/4 plate)
Dimensions
Image (sight): 3 5/8 × 2 11/16 in. (9.21 × 6.83 cm) Primary support (sight): 3 5/8 × 2 11/16 in. (9.21 × 6.83 cm) Case (open): 4 13/16 × 7 13/16 × 1/2 in. (12.22 × 19.84 × 1.27 cm) Case (closed): 4 13/16 × 3 7/8 × 3/4 in. (12.22 × 9.84 × 1.91 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jack Shear
Accession Number
M.91.287.1
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography