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Daguerreotype, "Hindu" man
Object Number 35-5-10/53052
Display Title Daguerreotype, "Hindu" man
Descriptions
Object Description Mounted daguerreotype in case, portrait of a man with pendant in Western-style dress. Full view, to waist. Photographer: Chase, as identified on metal mat.
Subject
  • Man
  • Portrait
Department Photographic
Date 1840-1855
Artist Lorenzo G. Chase
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Boston
Materials Daguerreotype, Leatherette
Dimensions Overall: 9.2 × 8 cm (3 5/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Collector Prof. Louis Agassiz
Donor Donated by Museum of Comparative Zoology

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