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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
Seth Boyden, 17 Nov 1788 - 31 Mar 1870
Date
c. 1849
Type
Photograph
Medium
Sixth-plate daguerreotype
Dimensions
Image: 7 x 5.7 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/4")
Plate [sight]: 8.2 x 6.8 cm (3 1/4 x 2 11/16")
Case Open [with clasp extended]: 9.2 x 17.7 cm (3 5/8 x 6 15/16")
Topic
Interior
Printed Material\Book
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
Cased object
Seth Boyden: Male
Seth Boyden: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Industrialist\Manufacturer
Seth Boyden: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Industrialist\Railroad