Second Assistant Navy Engineer
Artist
Joseph Hobday
(American)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1852
MediumQuarter plate hand-tinted daguerreotype
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (10.8 x 8.3 cm)
InscribedStamped "J. Hobday" on the brass mat.
Credit LinePurchase, Gift of Christina and Dr. George M. Kemp
Object number96.26
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a portrait of a young man, who is an assistant engineer in the U.S. Navy, in sercvice dress uniform of 1852 style. This is a hand-tinted daguerreotype with gilt highlighting on the uniform and hat. This daguerreotype has a brass mat and is in a floral leather case. It is a quarter plate hand-tinted daguerroeotype.Exhibition History"20/20: Fashion in Photography," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, September 23, 1999 - January 2, 2000. "Mirror Images: Daguerre and the First Photographic Process," International Photography Hall of Fame & Museum, July 7 - October 1, 2001. Published ReferencesPHOTOGRAPHS, Christie's Sale Catalogue of October 3, 1996, No. 6, p. 16 (black and white ill.).
