Content/DescriptionBust portrait. Identified on verso in later hand as "Louis LeConte(?)", however, if this refers to the brother of John and Joseph LeConte named Louis (1821-1851), he had passed away prior to the earliest possible date for this portrait.
Title
[Young man of the LeConte family.]
Published
ca. 1854-1855
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1966.051:014--CASE
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : ambrotype ; sixth plate, visible image 6.6 x 5.3 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum on backing glass, in a variation on Cutting's patent. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric - leaf and oval. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.5 x 8.4 cm. Pad: green velvet with embossed rose motif. Notes: push-button closure.</physfacet>;;;
Provenance
ProvenanceSource unknown. Presumably received with one of the many LeConte papers gifts.
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