Formal portrait of an older man seated in an armchair and facing three-quarter to the left.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The portrait is taken from the waist up. Three-quarter view of his face reveals deep set eyes, he’s wearing a tight high white collar that covers his jaw and dark jacket and coat. His face is wrinkled, closed mouth, stiff posture, and he looks slightly to the left. Light illuminates the subject from the top, accentuating his deep-set eyes. His hands are folded in his lap, and his partial shadow is seen on the left, against a plain dark background.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
9.1979
People
Southworth & Hawes, American (active 1843-1863)
Title
John Collins Warren (1778-1856)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1850-1856
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/286193

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Whole plate daguerreotype
Technique
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
actual: 20.5 x 15.5 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: verso: June 30th, 1921. Carl Nordstrom. Byrd Studio Cambridge, Mass.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from the Massachusetts General Hospital Archives and Special Collections
Object Number
9.1979
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Melissa Banta, A Curious and Ingenious Art: Reflections on Daguerreotypes at Harvard (Iowa City, 2000), p. 66, fig. 41
  • Grant Romer and Brian Wallis, ed., Young America: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes, exh. cat., Steidl (New York and Gottingen, Germany, 2005), p. 236, cat. no. 338; p. 306
  • Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), ill. p. 147

Exhibition History

  • Young America: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth and Hawes, International Center of Photography, New York, 06/17/2005 - 09/04/2005; George Eastman Museum, Rochester, 10/01/2005 - 01/08/2006; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 01/28/2006 - 04/09/2006
  • 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 04/07/2015

Subjects and Contexts

  • Collection Highlights

Verification Level

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