Portrait, half length, of a seated young man, clean shaven, in military attire: dark jacket buttoned to a high dark collar, epaulettes, white gloves. His left hand rests on a cloth-covered table and appears to hold a cap with a broad gold braid. Hand coloured. Case stamped on recto: 'H. HARTMANN DE ST PIERRE MQUE' (Martinique, Caribbean).
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man; military costume; uniform; cap; jacket; trousers; gloves; hand coloured; side parting; table; epaulettes
Interestingly the daguerreotype has two photographer's names associated with it. H Hartmann's stamp on the outside of the case and A Bourne's label on the inside.
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Portrait, half length, of a seated young man, clean shaven, in military attire: dark jacket buttoned to a high dark collar, epaulettes, white gloves. His left hand rests on a cloth-covered table and appears to hold a cap with a broad gold braid. Hand coloured. Case stamped on recto: 'H. HARTMANN DE ST PIERRE MQUE' (Martinique, Caribbean).
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Case stamped on recto: 'H. HARTMANN DE ST PIERRE MQUE'
Inside case on cushion: 'A. BOURNE Daguerreotype artist, chemist, &c. ST. Vincent's'
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