Charles Adams Platt (1861 - 1933)
PhotographerPhotographed by
Abraham Bogardus
American, 1822 - 1908
Dateabout 1872
MediumPhotography: black and white photograph on paper and CDV cardstock
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 3/4 × 2 3/16in. (9.5 × 5.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2in. (10.6 × 6.4cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2in. (10.6 × 6.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr.
DescriptionHalf length portrait of Charles Adams Platt as a boy. He is looking off camera to the right. Charles is wearing a white collared shirt with a dark colored tie under a vest and jacket. The jacket has wide lapels and a velvet collar. His hair is slicked down.
Object number1991.54.121
MarkingsPrinted in bronze ink on verso: "BOGARDUS. / B / Photographic and Portrait / GALLERIES, / Broadway / 1153 / near 27th St. / NEW YORK."InscribedHandwritten in blue ink on verso: "Charles Adams Platt"Handwritten in pencil on verso: "(1861-1933)"NotesDate note: Estimate based on life dates and approximate age of subject in photograph. Cataloging worksheet in object file gives date as c. 1872.
Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
1845-1850
