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Object Number 35-5-10/53059
Display Title Two "Hindu" men
Descriptions
Object Description Mounted daguerrotype of two Hindu men sitting in chairs in Western dress. Mounted dimensions: 3" x 2.5". Photographer unknown. Picture, two Hindu men
Subject
  • Portrait
  • Man
Department Photographic
Date c.1847
Artist Southworth and Hawes
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Boston
Materials Daguerreotype
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 6.35 cm (3 x 2 1/2 in.)

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