Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.

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

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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