Caption

Portrait of an unknown man, possibly a soldier, photograph, union case, 1861, photographer, textile materials, organic material, inorganic material, metal, glass, velvet (fabric weave), plastic, ferrotyping, height 68 mm x width 56 mm x thickness 17 mm, anonymous historical person depicted, An open oval case with a hinged center showing a mirrored pair of interiors, the left side lined with deep purple velvet featuring a raised floral pattern and a dark rimmed edge, and the right side containing an oval photographic plate framed by a peach-colored padded border and a decorative gold inner trim, the photograph showing a seated man with short hair wearing a dark buttoned coat and a light-colored bow at the collar, his hand resting on his knee and the image surface showing small specks and slight wear.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B10_287

License type

Rights managed

Available size

39.0Mb (6.3Mb) / 14.9in x 10.2in / 4470 x 3052 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait unknown man soldier photograph union case 1861 photographer textile materials organic material inorganic material metal glass velvet fabric weave plastic ferrotyping height 68 mm x width 56 mm x thickness 17 mm anonymous historical person depicted open oval case hinged center showing mirrored pair interiors left side lined deep purple velvet featuring raised floral pattern dark rimmed edge right side containing oval photographic plate framed peach-colored padded border decorative gold inner trim photograph showing seated man short hair wearing buttoned coat light-colored bow collar hand resting knee image surface showing small specks slight wear