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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.219.54.12
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Untitled (young man [John Caleton?] with measure and weight, seated, half-length, front view)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
May 1846
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/323793

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hand-colored sixth plate daguerreotype
Technique
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
8.26 x 6.99 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: inside back cover of daguerreotype: John Caleton [over] Francestown [over] NYC [over] taken at [over] Methuen [?] by H.J. Turrill [?] [over] May 1846
  • inscription: on sealing tape on verso: Early Scovills plate mark

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Janet and Daniel Tassel
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.219.54.12
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • GenEd US12 American Encounters: Art, Contact, and Conflict, 1560-1860 (S427) Spring 2012, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 05/12/2012

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