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Lemuel Shaw by Southworth and Hawes

Lemuel Shaw

Southworth and Hawes · ca. 1850

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Palette

Charcoal
 37% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.3:1
Iron
 27% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.0:1
Taupe
 18% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.6:1
Stone
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.7:1
Lamp black
 7% of the image
Black · text contrast 20.7:1
Pale stone
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.5:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Southworth and Hawes
American, active 1843–1863
Date
ca. 1850
Type
Photograph
Medium
Daguerreotype
Size
21.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Period
19th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Black · lightness 32, colourfulness 6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Edward S. Hawes, Alice Mary Hawes, and Marion Augusta Hawes, 1938. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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