“Man Attired in a Sack Jacket Sporting a Shenandoah Beard”
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of A
“Man Attired in a Sack Jacket Sporting a Shenandoah Beard”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: In this three-quarter view portrait the man gazes to the right, and his eyes are distinctly different from each other. He sports a bushy Shenandoah beard, and his hair, parted on his left, is oiled and combed. He is attired in a loose sack jacket with matching vest and a white tieless shirt.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This portrait is set within a vertical oval.
Description, back: Hugh Anderson’s imprint is on the center of the back of this carte de visite. Anderson created several versions of his Petaluma imprint. An expanded, possibly later, version appears here. It is printed in red ink and includes four lines of text, each in a different font. The text is embellished above and below with a horizontally flipped, elaborate flourish.
Date: January 1872 - December 1873
Condition: There is uniform foxing throughout the surface of this carte de visite, and its top two corners have been clipped.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1992-IDI-07-p23-p40
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