A Young Carpenter
Artist
Edward Jacobs
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1850
MediumQuarter plate daguerreotype
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (10.8 x 8.3 cm)
Inscribed"E. Jacobs NO" Stamped on mat
Credit LineMuseum purchase, gift of George and Christina Kemp, and in memory of Alice and Sol B. Frank
Object number2008.4
Not on view
DescriptionThis quarter plate daguerreotype is of a portrait of a young man who is seated. He is wearing a loose white shirt and striped pants. In his hand is a back saw. Over his arm is a square with a compass leaning against it.Label TextEdward Jacobs American (dates unknown) A Young Carpenter, ca. 1850 Quarter plate daguerreotype Museum purchase, gift of George and Christina Kemp, and in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank 2008.4 ProvenanceCollector Helder Costa; William L. Schaeffer, Chester, Connecticut; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Museum purchase, gift of George and Christina Kemp, and in memory of Alice and Sol B. Frank, 2008 Exhibition History"Portraying a Nation: American Portrait Photography, 1850-2010," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, August 25, 2010 - September 11, 2011.Published ReferencesJohn S. Craig, _Craig's Daguerreian Registry, American photographers 1839-1860_ (Torrington, Connecticut: Self-published, 1998) Mark S. Johnson (editor), _The Daguerreian Annual 2000_ (Cecil, Pannsylviania: The Daguerreian Society, 2000), 176. ISBN: 1881186105
