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James McNeil Whistler

James McNeil Whistler Daguerreotype
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Daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes, circa 1855

Visible image 13.1 cm x 9.3 cm (half-plate); in case 18.4 cm x 15 cm

Removed from the Wheelwright family papers
From the Daguerreotype collection
Photo. 1.378L


This daguerreotype depicts a man identified as "Mr. Whistler," probably the painter James McNeill Whistler.