Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Seated Man

Artist Jesse H. Whitehurst (American, 1820-1875)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1855

MediumStereoscopic daguerreotype

DimensionsOverall, Support: 3 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (9.2 x 11.7 cm)
Overall, Image: 2 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. (5.7 x 4.1 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, gift of Christina and Dr. George M. Kemp

Object number89.80

On View

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a Mascher stereo daguerreotype, quarter plate.

Exhibition History"The Portrait in America," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Jan. 26 - April 8, 1990. "A History of Photography: 15 Years at the Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA; Sept. 11, 1993 - March 6, 1994. "Lynchburg Photographers," Lynchburg Museum System of Living History, Lynchburg, VA, May 14-October 1995. "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. Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson. _The Portrait in America_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1990: pp. 10; 25, ill.