# Portrait of a Young Man

- By: anonymous
- Date: 1840 - 1860
- Medium: copper (metal), brass (alloy), glass
- Classification: brooch
- Dimensions: height 38 mm x width 29 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-F-F14354-A--47aa7f3e48554516d6a1953a7c44449c)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/JSsuc/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Daguerreotypes were intimate objects. They were often preserved in small ornamental leather cases (étuis), which you could open up to view the photo in the palm of your hand. These cases were carried in one’s purse. Daguerreotypes were also incorporated in pieces of jewellery – in this case in a brooch.