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Mrs. Samuel Curtis (Eliza Ballard)

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1855

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-5 [Drawer 39 in old database]

GUSN

GUSN-253724

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Description

Mrs. Samuel Curtis, seated and wearing a tight fitting basque bodice with a white collar and white ruffled cuffs on a dark dress. Hair parted in middle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

women (female humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
portraits
portrait format
sitting
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DagID 243

Physical Description

1 daguerreotype

Collection Code

PC005

Collection Name

Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

Reference Code

PC005.D02.021

Image Dimensions

5 1/2 x 4 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Dimensions

6 1/8 x 4 7/8 x 3/4 (HxWxD)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the estate Of Mrs. Waldo O. Ross

Record Details

Material Type

daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-5 [Drawer 39 in old database]

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