The image depicts a man seated in a three-quarter view. He has short, slicked-back white hair with sideburns, and is wearing wire-rimmed glasses. The man is dressed in formal attire - a black jacket with wide lapels, a white shirt with a high collar, a dark waistcoat and bow tie. The background is plain and dark. The portrait is held in an oval frame with gold border and glass cover.
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Portrait of a Man

John Adams Whipple (American, 1822 - 1891)

c. 1850

Medium
daguerreotype
Classification
Photograph
Dimensions
image (visible): 11.4 × 8.5 cm (4 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.) ; mat: 14 × 10.8 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.) ; case (closed): 15.2 × 12.1 × 1.9 cm (6 × 4 3/4 × 3/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CPH
Credit line
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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