Leverett Brainard
SubjectPortrait of
Leverett Brainard
American, 1828 - 1902
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1853-1856
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-coated copper plate in brass window mat package in tooled leather-covered wooden case; red silk pad in left side of open case
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4in. (10.8 × 8.3cm)
Other (height x width x depth): 4 5/8 × 3 5/8 × 5/8in. (11.7 × 9.2 × 1.6cm)
Other (height x width x depth): 4 5/8 × 3 5/8 × 5/8in. (11.7 × 9.2 × 1.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Newton Case Brainard
DescriptionQuarter plate daguerreotype of Leverett Brainard, likely made in the mid-1850s, when Brainard was in his mid-20s. He is wearing a jacket, waistcoat, white shirt with a standing collar, and a tie that appears to be silk. His hair is fashioned into the distinctive mid-1850s men's style, with a puff of hair at the center of the forehead. His facial hair is worn in a fringe around his cheeks and chin, with a mustache with turned up ends and a small beard under his lower lip.
Object number1960.178.2
InscribedHandwritten on slip of paper formerly adhered to glass covering image plate: "Leverett Brainard / M[N?]B"Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
1845-1850
