Half-length portrait of a slender young man in military-type jacket, sitting facing the camera with his left arm over the back of his wooden chair. He wears a dark jacket, dark tie, white shirt and white trousers.
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man; military costume; shirt; trousers; tie; jacket; chair
Note that painted glass cover is painted in gold and black lines on a white background.
Also the metal case in which the daguerreotype is housed, is made of flat oval grey metal, with a lid that slides off, dimensions 165 x 132 x 11mm.
A small piece of paper within the case states that the plate entered the British Library (which at the time was part of the British Museum) with the Bruce papers.
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Provenance
Bruce papers, British Library
Image description
Half-length portrait of a slender young man in military-type jacket, sitting facing the camera with his left arm over the back of his wooden chair. He wears a dark jacket, dark tie, white shirt and white trousers.
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