Portrait of Philip Dougherty dressed as a Mountain Man (Primary Title)

Jesse H Whitehurst, American, 1819 - 1875 (Artist)

ca. 1847
American
Hand-colored quarter-plate daguerreotype in brass mat in leather case
Overall (opened): 4 5/8 × 7 3/8 in. (11.75 × 18.73 cm)
Image: 3 9/16 × 2 5/8 in. (9.05 × 6.67 cm)
2016.133
Not on view
Inscribed in pencil: Philip Daugherty, born May 9, 1793 son of John + Ann Fister Daugherty
Floyd D. and Anne C. Gottwald Fund
"Masterpieces of Photography from the Permanent Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: The First Hundred Years, 1839-1939", VMFA, November 6, 2020 - May 23, 2021
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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