Portrait of Peter Tinsley
Artist
Unknown
Manufacturer
John Plumbe
(Welsh-American, 1809 - 1857)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. mid-1800s
MediumDaguerreotype
Dimensions3 1/2 × 3 in. (8.9 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Christina and George Kemp
Object number2016.45.32
Not on view
DescriptionA half-length portrait of Peter Tinsley (8/26/1833 - 5/13/1861) as a young man, in a leather case with a single hook-and-eye closure. The case design features Rinhart plate 140, "The Grecian Urn" and was manufactured by John Plumbe. Plumbe established a franchise of photography studios in the United States in the 1840s.ProvenanceGeorge Kemp; gift to Chrysler Museum of Art, December 2016.
