Object within Schaaf no. 2444

Classical bas-relief of a bearded man in profile

Created: 21 Jun 1840

Image size: h 16.5cm x w 14.8cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: ironed-in crease across the image

Inscription: in pencil, verso, lower right, 21 June 1840

Owner: Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History

Object owner number: 1995.0206.078

Collection: Photographic History Collection

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Keywords: Sculpture

Possibly made using the 'cuir bouilli' technique. The same bas-relief is the subject of Schaaf number 1511.

Image from the collections of the British Library (usage terms: Public Domain)