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Artist
Otis H. Cooley, 1820 - 1860
Sitter
William Howe, 12 May 1803 - 19 Sept 1852
Date
c. 1850
Type
Photograph
Medium
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
Image: 5.5 x 4.3 cm (2 3/16 x 1 11/16")
Plate [sight]: 6.2 x 5 cm (2 7/16 x 1 15/16")
Case Open: 7.5 x 12.3 x 0.6 cm (2 15/16 x 4 13/16 x 1/4")
Case Closed: 7.5 x 6.2 x 1.2 cm (2 15/16 x 2 7/16 x 1/2")
Topic
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Cased object
William Howe: Male
William Howe: Science and Technology\Inventor
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
