[Portrait of an unidentfied bearded man]

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1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 10 x 7 cm (carte de visite format) | Photograph shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of a man. Notes from collector Larry Gotteim identify subject as possibly photographer George Stacy.

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This albumen carte de visite from 1865 shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of a bearded man. The photographer is unknown.

The subject has not been identified with certainty. Collector notes suggest the man may be photographer George Stacy, but this attribution remains unconfirmed.

The photograph survives as part of the Library of Congress collections. Beyond what the mount and format reveal about mid-nineteenth-century portrait practice, little else is known about the circumstances of the sitting or the people involved.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.

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