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Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man Wearing an Ascot Tie)

A work made of daguerreotype.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of daguerreotype.

Date:

1847

Artist:

Marcus Aurelius Root
American, 1808-1888

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Marcus Aurelius Root

Title

Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man Wearing an Ascot Tie)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1847

Medium

Daguerreotype

Dimensions

13.9 × 10.7 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.); Open case: 15 × 23.5 × 1 cm (5 15/16 × 9 5/16 × 7/16 in.); Case: 15 × 11.8 × 1.5 cm (5 15/16 × 4 11/16 × 5/8 in.); Plate: 14 × 10.8 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, purchased with funds provided by The Leonian Charitable Trust

Reference Number

2019.227

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