Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man Holding a Map)

Marcus Aurelius Root American, 1808-1888

Date

1847

Medium

Daguerreotype

Dimensions

10.2 × 8 cm (4 1/16 × 3 3/16 in.); Open case: 11.5 × 18.2 × 1 cm (4 9/16 × 7 3/16 × 7/16 in.); Case: 11.5 × 9.1 × 1.7 cm (4 9/16 × 3 5/8 × 11/16 in.); Plate: 10.8 × 8.3 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)

Department

Photography and Media

Credit line

The W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Collection, purchased with funds provided by The Leonian Charitable Trust