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Object Number 35-5-10/53047
Display Title Daguerreotype, Jem, profile
Descriptions
Object Description Mounted daguerreotype in case, black male, full length view, nude, profile. Subject is standing on patterned carpet. Photographer: J.T. Zealy. Paper label reads: "Jem"
Subject
  • Man
  • Portrait
Department Photographic
Date 1850
Artist Joseph T. Zealy
Culture
  • American
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / South Carolina / Richland County / Columbia
Dimensions Overall: 11.9 x 9.7 x 2.1 cm (4 11/16 x 3 13/16 x 13/16 in.)

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