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Call Number:

PH-02735

Collection Name:

Charles Jacquard Photography Collection

Creator:

Jacquard, Charles, active 1840s-1860s

No. of Items:

1 item

Span Dates:

1849

Description:

The collection consists of one photograph by Charles Jacquard (French, active 1840s-1860s). Item-level information follows.

964:0020:0068 -- M. Eug. Houlin, 1849. Daguerreotype in case, 7.9 x 5.9 cm (sixth plate) (visible image); 11 x 13.1 cm (case). Half-length portrait of M. Eugene Hulin, seated, at the age of 33 1/2, photographed on October 3, 1849. The daguerreotype is in an oval mat with gold edge in passe-partout housing. Original label on verso. Inscribed on verso: "M. Eug. Houlin".

Location(s):

Gernsheim Daguerreotype Box 09 (964:0020:0068)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Jacquard, Charles, active 1840s-1860s
Title Monsieur Eugene Houlin a l'age de 33 ans 1/2, 3 Octobre 1849
Date October 3, 1849.
Medium Daguerreotype
Dimensions 7.5 x 6 cm; 3 x 2 2/5 in (oval)
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0020:0068