Man in Case family
SubjectPortrait of
Case family
American
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1855
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-coated copper plate in brass window mat package in tooled leather-covered wooden case. Red silk pad in open side of left case
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4in. (8.3 × 7cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 3/4in. (8.9 × 7.9 × 1.9cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 3/4in. (8.9 × 7.9 × 1.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of F. Ruth Johnson
DescriptionSixth-plate daguerreotype of a man in the Case family by an unknown photographer. There is a label under the image plate that identifies the man as Nathan Case, but Nathan Case was born in 1786 the man in this daguerreotype is too young to have been born then. This man is probably in his thirties (possibly his twenties). He is wearing a jacket, floral patterned vest, a white shirt with an upturned collar, and a dark stock tie. His hair is short.
Object number1982.64.4
InscribedHandwritten in black ink on slip of paper under image package: "Nathan / Case / Father of / Nathan Lee Case"Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
