1840s
HGO-01-004-A-2 [Drawer 44 in old database]
GUSN-254053
man (40s) with arms folded across chest; head clamp possibly visible behind him; case design indicates that image was possibly made by Mathew B. Brady, prominent New York daguerreotypist who later sponsored photography of the civil war.
interior views
props (object genres)
portraits
men (male humans)
standing
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
DagID 753
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D06.165
Possibly Brady, Mathew B., ca. 1823-1896 (Photographer)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-2 [Drawer 44 in old database]
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