Content/DescriptionBust length portrait of man. The subject, born 1830, is the same pictured in 1980.027:534 and :536.
Title
[William James Somers with a beard.]
Published
Dec. 20, 1851.
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1980.027:535--CASE
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; sixth plate, visible image 7.1 x 5.7 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
Date NoteDate noted behind image in case well.
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval (perhaps not original). Preserver: textured.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: fruit - figs on branch. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 8 cm. Pad: purple velvet with embossed peacock and urn motif.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Inscribed in case well: James Somers / Protrait [sic] / Dec 20 1851 / Twenty one year / Alec[?]</physfacet>;;;
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