Image
Description
Content/DescriptionRight reading, bust length portrait of a man with a beard. Based on appearance, presumed to be a relative of Frank Mattison (1860-1920), but of the prior generation; possibly a relative of his mother, Delilah Miles Mattison.
Details
Title
[Unidentified bearded man.]
Published
ca. 1858-1860
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1989.049:004--CASE
Subject (Topic)
Men
Type
Image
Format
Portraits
Ambrotypes
Ambrotypes
Extent
1 photograph : ambrotype ; sixth plate, visible image 6.9 x 5.8 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
Similar tintype backing plate found in 1989.049:005 and 1989.049:006.
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, preserver. Plate: clear glass (thick) with tintype backing plate, face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather (or cloth?) over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.2 cm. Pad: gold velvet with embossed motif.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">On tintype backing plate: Neffs patent melainotype plate.</physfacet>;;;
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, preserver. Plate: clear glass (thick) with tintype backing plate, face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather (or cloth?) over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.2 cm. Pad: gold velvet with embossed motif.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">On tintype backing plate: Neffs patent melainotype plate.</physfacet>;;;
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