2007.219.54.12: Untitled (young man [John Caleton?] with measure and weight, seated, half-length, front view)
Photographs
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2007.219.54.12
- People
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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
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- 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
- Permissions
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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
Verification Level
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