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Description
This daguerreotype of an unidentified man dressed in formal clothes was made about 1850 by George M. Howe.
Howe was a popular Portland daguerreotypist with rooms on Middle Street from 1851 to 1860. The Eclectic, a Portland literary paper, suggested in 1851 that "those who want an excellent daguerreotype picture can procure it at Howe's. His miniatures are not surpassed in fidelity and style by those of any artist in the country."
About This Item
- Title: George M. Howe daguerreotype, Portland, ca. 1850
- Creator: George M. Howe
- Creation Date: circa 1850
- Subject Date: circa 1850
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Daguerreotype
- Local Code: 2007.224.053
- Collection: Vickery-Shettleworth collection of early Maine photography
- Object Type: Image
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