The daguerreotype is
a bit deteriorated. There are signs of oxidation. The mat is deteriorated.
Assessments
Provenance
Image description
Portrait of a bearded man
Subject name
Inscription
On the cover cushion:
J H WHITEHURST GALLERIES NEW-YORK BALTIMORE RICHMOND NORFOLK PETERSBURG AND LYNCHBURG
On the mat: COBY or CORY
Keyword technique
daguerreotype
links
Stereo plates
No
Window size
Height
70 mm / 2.76 inch
Width
56 mm / 2.2 inch
Housing size
Height
90 mm / 3.54 inch
Width
80 mm / 3.15 inch
Depth
5 mm / 0.2 inch
Window shape
Oval
Housing shape
Rectangle
Collection
Identifier
Adrian-Silvan Ionescu Private Collection, Romania
Description
The Adrian-Silvan Ionescu
photography collection holds daguerreotypes, salt prints, ambrotypes, tintypes, albumen prints, postcards, gelatin prints, photography albums, glass negatives and cellulose negatives.
Creator
Name
Whitehurst, Jesse Harrison
notes
Jesse Harrison Whitehurst war einer der bekanntesten Daguerreotypisten Amerikas mit vielen Dependancen in namhaften Städten. Bereits 1843 hatte er seine ersten Ateliers in Norfolk (Virginia) und Charleston (South Carolina) eröffnet.
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