Half-length seated portrait of young man wearing plaid patterned bow tie, upholstered chair with carved crest visible behind his right shoulder. Title devised by cataloger. Nonpareil decorative brass-colored mat. Decorative protector. Red velvet lining embossed with central scroll motif. Brown case with Toulouse Cross motif. One central hook-and-eye latch. Advertisement card reads: A.A.Fish Mammoth Daguerrian Rooms, 228 Washington Street, (corner of Summer Street,) Boston. Pictures taken with Machinery by the New American Process for twenty-five cents. Warranted as good as any in Boston. Purchased from Philip Scalisi. #8630.9.
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