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Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man)

Black-and-white portrait photograph in a cream mat with gold decorative border of a dark-skinned man against a painted backdrop, with a book.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • Black-and-white portrait photograph in a cream mat with gold decorative border of a dark-skinned man against a painted backdrop, with a book.

Date:

1880

Artist:

Unknown maker
American, 19th century

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Unknown Maker

Title

Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1880

Medium

Tintype

Dimensions

6.9 × 4 cm (2 3/4 × 1 5/8 in.); frame: 9.9 × 6.3 cm (3 15/16 × 2 1/2 in.); card: 11 × 8.5 cm (4 3/8 × 3 3/8 in.); sight, plate: 10.2 × 7.7 cm (4 × 3 in.)

Credit Line

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

Reference Number

2019.617

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