Title:
[Alexander Davidson MacDonald.]
Abstract:
Half length portrait, with a beard and mustache.
Date:
[ca. 1850]
Subject:
Men
Pioneers -- California
Note:
Case and ornate mat appear to be later than image. An oval mark is visible on plate from earlier mat, and the blackened case
well indicates an ambrotype case, dating from 1854 or later.
Identification based upon comparison to carte de visite in MacDonald family album.
Type:
Portraits
Daguerreotypes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; quarter plate, visible image 8.8 x 6.4 cm.
displayLabel="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: watch chain hand colored,
shirt stud accented with stylus. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.;;;displayLabel="Container
or Case Note">Type: half case. Motif: floral - variant of Mixed Flowers (Rinhart no. 136). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions:
12.9 x 9.4 cm. Notes: blackened well (ambrotype case).;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1975.059:083--CASE
Filename:
brk00040463_8a.tif
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