“Young Man With a Bushy Mustache & Beard and Black Jacket Collar & Bowtie”
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of a
“Young Man With a Bushy Mustache & Beard, and Black Lapels & Bowtie”
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: This carte de visite portrays a young man looking out at the viewer with a determined, stern, gaze. His dark hair has been oiled, combed and parted on his left. His mustache and beard are bushy and fully conceal his mouth. He is dressed in a brown sack jacket with a black collar and large lapels. He also wears a white shirt, a black bowtie and a black vest decorated with small white dots.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: The portrait is contained 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. A simpler, possibly earlier, version appears here. It is printed in black ink and includes only three 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: This carte de visite is slightly soiled throughout.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1994-633-48
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