Portrait of a man, possibly a shipmaster
carte de visite
PHOTOGRAPHSSache & Westfield
INDIA, Calcutta
circa 1865
paper
4-1/2 x 2-1/2 in.
Carte de visite, albumen print mounted on white card; studio portrait of a standing, bearded man, binoculars, pith helmet, and part of telescope visible on table; printed in red at bottom of card "SACHE & WESTFIELD CALCUTTA"; printed in red on back "SACHE & WESTFIELD/ PHOTOGRAPHERS/ WATERLOO STREET/ CALCUTTA" and "COPIES MAY BE HAD AT ANY TIME"; handwritten in pencil on back "Kedderwall", and illegible "With . . ./ Rangoon".
1999.188.13