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Dr. Rufus Priest

Object Details

Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Artist
Bishop & Gray Studio, active c. 1843
Sitter
Rufus Priest
Date
c. 1843
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of David Becker
Medium
Sixth-plate daguerreotype
Dimensions
Image/Sight: 6.4 × 5.2 cm (2 1/2 × 2 1/16")
Mat (white paper): 8.2 × 7.1 cm (3 1/4 × 2 13/16")
Case open (half): 9.3 × 7.9 × 1 cm (3 11/16 × 3 1/8 × 3/8")
Type
Photograph
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