Portrait of a Gentleman

CultureGerman
Titles
  • Portrait of a Gentleman
Datec. 1850
PlaceGermany
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsImage: 2 7/16 × 2 1/8 in. (6.2 × 5.4 cm)
Frame: 8 9/16 × 7 3/4 in. (21.8 × 19.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.778
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Turning Light Into Silver", 19 February - 30 May 2005, Audrey Jones Beck Building, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, lower level.

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