Susannah Smith
[Seated Man with Mutton Chop Beard]

ArtistBritish, c. 1810–after 1881
CultureBritish
Titles
  • [Seated Man with Mutton Chop Beard]
Date1853–1855
MediumDaguerreotype with applied color
DimensionsPlate (at open): 4 3/4 × 3 9/16 in. (12 × 9 cm)
Frame: 11 5/8 × 9 7/16 × 1 9/16 in. (29.5 × 24 × 4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Photography Subcommittee, 2023
Object number2023.488
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Rowley's Antiques and Fine Art Auctioneers, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, June 10, 2023, lot 579]; [purchased by Silver Shadows, Huddersfield, England]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Extensive photographer's advertising label on the verso of the frame (see images.)

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