New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Dr. Hawkes

ArtistStudio of Charles DeForest Fredericks (American, 1823-1894)

CultureAmerican

Date1860s-1870s

MediumAlbumen

DimensionsOverall, Support: 4 x 2 3/8 in. (10.2 x 6 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 9/16 x 2 3/16 in. (9.1 x 5.6 cm)

InscribedLogo printed on reverse: "C. D. FREDERICKS & CO / 587 / Broadway, / NEW YORK. / 108 Calle de la Habana, / HABANA. / 31 Passage du Havre, /PARIS.'. Written in pencil, top reverse: "John Audabon". Handwritten in ink and pencil on mount below image: "Dr. / Pras? / Hawkes".

Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Reid Diggs, Jr.

Object number90.120

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DescriptionThis albumen carte de visite is a three-quarter-length portrait of Dr. Hawkes(?). This CDV is from C. D. Fredericks & Co., New York, Havana, and Paris. The mount is rectangular; the face of the card is bordered by double gilt lines. This is a portrait of a man with his right hand in his coat (Napoleonic pose), left arm at his side. He is wearing a long frock coat with velvet lapels.