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Portrait of a Man

(French, 1834–1910)
1859
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, albumen print from a wet plate negative
DimensionsImage: 24.1 x 18.1 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.)
Mount: 43.2 x 29.2 cm (17 x 11 1/2 in.)
Other (Mat): 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jessie H. Wilkinson—Jessie H. Wilkinson Fund
Accession number2002.623
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsOn mount, below image, in red letterpress, l.r.: C. Silvy On mount, below image, bottom ctr, lithographed in beige: Late Signori Caldesi and Montecchi, Photographic Studio / 38 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, W
ProvenanceAuction, France; Vintage Works, Ltd. Fine Photography, Pennsylvania; purchased by MFA, Dec. 18, 2002
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