[ Photographs ] (Cased Images) Equestrian Quarter-plate daguerreotype outdoor scene of a gentleman astride a chestnut horse; with delicate hand coloring in the horse; in a half leather case. Middle 1850s E1200-1800 A finely composed scene in which

[ Photographs ] (Cased Images) Equestrian Quarter-plate daguerreotype outdoor scene of a gentleman astride a chestnut horse; with delicate hand coloring in the horse; in a half leather case. Middle 1850s E1200-1800 A finely composed scene in which the photographer has placed the horse and rider so that they quietly dominate the image. They stand symmetrically against a background which does not compete with them, and the two figures virtually fill the image.