Daguerreotype of Unidentified Man

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Daguerreotype of Unidentified Man
Daguerreotype of Unidentified Man
Photographer (American, 1822 – 1856; active Utica, New York, 1849-c.1856)
Photographer (American, 1820 – 1896; active Utica, New York, 1849-1850)
Date1849-1856
MediumDaguerreotype with hand coloring
DimensionsOverall (Closed): 3 3/4 × 3 × 3/4 in. (9.5 × 7.6 × 1.9 cm) Overall (Open): 3 3/4 × 6 5/8 × 1/2 in. (9.5 × 16.8 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ivan J. Jurin P'07
Object number2004.1
Not on view
Description1/6 plate daguerreotype depicting an unidentified man. The daguerreotype studio of brothers Robert Everett, Jr. and John Roberts Everett was located on the corner of Division and Whitesboro Streets, Utica, New York from 1849-1850. Robert Everett then continued the business on his own in the early 1850s at 116 Genesee Street, Utica.

Additional Details

Provenance Purchased by the donor
Signature Recto, lower left (stamped on brass mat): "EVERETT"
Recto, lower right (stamped on brass mat): "UTICA"
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