Myron Chaffee
SubjectPortrait of
Myron J. Chaffee
American, 1842 - 1923
Dateabout 1863-1864
Medium(a) Photography; tintype, japanned iron
(b) leather covered wood
(c) leather covered wood, velvet
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (Tintype; length x width): 2 1/8 × 1 5/8in. (5.4 × 4.1cm)
Primary Dimensions (Case bottom; length x width x height ): 3 1/16 × 2 1/2 × 3/16in. (7.8 × 6.4 × 0.5cm)
Primary Dimensions (Case top; length x width x height): 2 3/4 × 2 5/16 × 1/4in. (7 × 5.9 × 0.6cm)
Primary Dimensions (Case bottom; length x width x height ): 3 1/16 × 2 1/2 × 3/16in. (7.8 × 6.4 × 0.5cm)
Primary Dimensions (Case top; length x width x height): 2 3/4 × 2 5/16 × 1/4in. (7 × 5.9 × 0.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Shawn Parker
Description(a) Tintype and (b-c) broken case. Black and white bust-length portrait of Myron J. Chaffee with pink hand tinting on his cheeks. Chaffee has dark hair and a mustache. He is dressed in a dark suit, vest, and bowtie.
Object number2018.20.5a-c
Inscribed(b) Handwritten on front of case: "1863/ Myron J. Chaffee/ Mem. of Co, B, 18th/ Reg CV/ Picture taken in/ Baltimore, Md."On View
Not on view
Myron J. Chaffee
Sarah Porter