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Unknown
Portrait of 3 Unidentified Mencirca 1850

Not on view
Daguerreotype in an open hinged case lined with rose silk, showing a chest-up portrait of three white men in dark jackets clustered together against a black background

Unknown, Portrait of 3 Unidentified Men, circa 1850, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jack Shear, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Portrait of 3 Unidentified Men
Date Made
circa 1850
Medium
Daguerreotype (1/6 plate) with 4-bracket preserver in leather case
Dimensions
Image (sight): 2 9/16 × 2 1/16 in. (6.51 × 5.24 cm) Primary support (sight): 2 9/16 × 2 1/16 in. (6.51 × 5.24 cm) Case (open): 3 11/16 × 6 7/16 × 7/16 in. (9.37 × 16.35 × 1.11 cm) Case (closed): 3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 3/4 in. (9.37 × 8.26 × 1.91 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jack Shear
Accession Number
M.91.287.9
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Fensom, Sarah E. "The Medium is the Magic." Art & Antiques 39, no.1 (2015-16): 58-60.