Black and white photograph of middle-aged man in profile w/ mustache; dressed in pin-striped suit; seated on an armchair and holding a newspaper; plain black painted molded wooden frame; gray recessed matt w/ printing in silver below; sitter possibly "Troy Panel."
portraits
photographs
gelatin silver prints
silver (metal)
Silver Print
PICTURE, PORTRAIT
Printed in lower left of photograph and on matt: Photo: ""Copyright 1902/by/J.E. Purdy/Boston/ No 9."" Matt: ""Purdy/Troy Panel/146 Tremont Street/ Boston.""
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Purdy, J. E. (Photographer)
Boston, MA, USA
22.75 x 19.375 x 0.875 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.300
Massachusetts (United States)
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