Ambrotype of a Young Man, 1860s
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Description
This young man wears many items of clothing: a shirt, waistcoat, coat, and overcoat with a pair of trousers. The shirt exhibits a low collar and is secured with a small striped tie. His plaid waistcoat is buttoned high and has a shawl collar. The coat, either a sack coat or a frock coat, is obscured by his bulky overcoat. During the late 1850s and early 1860s, overcoats were long and loose-fitting with dropped shoulders and wide lapels (Severa 1995: 209). He also wears a tall cylindrical top hat tilted to the side.
The case is embossed paper glued to wood, with an embossed velvet pad and metal matte.
Photo taken in Providence, RI at “Westminster Fine Art Gallery” owned by J. B. Thurston.
References
Joan Severa, Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans and Fashion, 1840-1900. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1995.
Source
Donor: Mary C. Whitlock