[Double Plate: Two Men with Sideburns] — John Adams Whipple | DiscoverArt

John Adams Whipple

[Double Plate: Two Men with Sideburns]

1850s

Daguerreotype with applied color

6.5 × 5.3 cm (2.6 × 2.1 in)

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