[Man with beard]

William J. Shew (1820-1903)

Date

ca. 1857
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Daguerreotype
Object Formats

Cased photograph, 1/6 plate
Dimensions

Image: 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in.
Case: 3 7/8 x 3 9/16 x 11/16 in.
Inscriptions

[descriptive paragraph about case, black type on sheet of paper underneath daguerreotype]: Improved Union Cases. (underlined) \ S. Peck's Patent, \ October 3, 1854. (underlined) \ S.Peck & Co., \ New Haven, CT., \ are the sole manufacturers of the gen- \ uine Union Cases, of which, the latest \ improvement, consists in the beautiful \ shades of color, and fineness of texture, \ and of having the hinges inserted in \ metal; thus preventing the breaking \ out of the hinge.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1989.22.4
Copyright

Public domain

This artwork is part of [Man with beard and woman]

Location: Off view

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