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Mary van Voorlis Robinson

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1850

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-5 [Drawer 34 in old database]

GUSN

GUSN-253768

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Description

mature woman with bonnet, brooch, lace collar, dark dress; bonnet and fabric which drapes over table tinted in pink; brooch and wedding band tinted in gold

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Inscription

(encl) mary van voorlis robinson wife of duncan robinson gt. gr. of n.n. fishkill plains, ny

Additional Identification Number

DagID 417

Physical Description

1 daguerreotype

Collection Code

PC005

Collection Name

Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

Reference Code

PC005.D02.065

Record Details

Material Type

daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-5 [Drawer 34 in old database]

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