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CultureUnknown
Titles
- [Portrait of a man]
Date19th Century
MediumDaguerreotype pendant
DimensionsImage: 2 3/8 × 1 7/8 in. (6 × 4.8 cm)
Overall: 3 3/8 × 2 1/8 in. (8.6 × 5.4 cm)
Overall: 3 3/8 × 2 1/8 in. (8.6 × 5.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Clinton T. Willour
Object number2014.743
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Glittering and jewel-like, daguerreotype portraits quickly
replaced cameo and painted portrait miniatures in late 19th-century jewelry.
With such a brooch, locket, or pendant, one could hold a lifelike image of a
beloved husband, wife, parent, or child close to the heart.
ProvenanceEarly provenance unknown; Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, 2014.
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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c. 1810
Watercolor on ivory, watercolor on vellum, gilt, and glass (each side of pendant has a different miniature with different base material)
2005.1741.A,.B
late 19th–early 20th century
Silver; fire-gilded and chased, with openwork, decorative wire, perforated terminals, and pendants with cabochon carnelians.
2023.586
20th century (probably)
Silver; with decorative wire, turquoise and coral beads, decorative loop-in-loop chains, embossed pendants, and cabochon carnelians
2023.588
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Daguerreotype and tintype in leather case
2003.644.A,.B
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