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Call Number:

PH-02750

Collection Name:

Victor Plumier Photography Collection

Creator:

Plumier, Victor, 1820 or 1821 - 1878 or 1895, active 1840/1849 - 1850/1859

No. of Items:

1 photograph

Span Dates:

circa 1850

Description:

The collection consists of one photograph by Victor Plumier (Belgian, 1821-1895, active Paris). Item-level information follows.

964:0020:0031 -- [Portrait of a young man], circa 1850. Daguerreotype, 7 x 5.8 cm (half plate) (visible image); 12.7 x 10.9 cm (object).

Accession No(s):

964:0020:0031; Purchase, 1963

Item(s):

Artist/Maker Plumier, Victor, 1820 or 1821 - 1878 or 1895, active 1840/1849 - 1850/1859
Title [Unidentified young man, seated]
Date ca. 1850
Medium Daguerreotype
Dimensions 12.7 x 10.9 cm; 5 x 4 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number
964:0020:0031