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Daguerreotype portrait of Don Antonio José Martínez (Padre Martínez)
Daguerreotype portrait of Don Antonio José Martínez (Padre Martínez)
Daguerreotype portrait of Don Antonio José Martínez (Padre Martínez)

Daguerreotype portrait of Don Antonio José Martínez (Padre Martínez)

Photographer
Sitter (1793 Abiquiu, New Mexico - 1867 Taos, New Mexico)
Date1847-1848
Mediumsilver, copper, brass, glass, wood, leather, paper, textile daguerreotype
DimensionsClosed: 4 1/8 × 3 1/4 × 1 in. (10.5 × 8.3 × 2.5 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 1995 General Obligation Bonds
Object numberPC1998.27.29
DescriptionPortrait of Padre Antonio José Martínez of Taos, where he was the pastor of the Taos Parish. The image is on a silver-plated copper plate and housed in a case of wood covered with leatherette, including a brass mat and original protective cover glass. The brass mat in the case has a simple oval shape. During the annexation by the United States, Padre Martinez became president of the convention of nineteen delegates assembled to prepare a territorial plan of government which would make the state a part of the United States of America.



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