1850s
HGO-01-004-A-6 [Drawer 34 in old database]
GUSN-253684
Elegant portrait of Mrs. Richards (Cornelia Walter) with chignon, off the shoulder décolleté dress and long earrings.
women (female humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
hairstyles
portraits
portrait format
busts (figures)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Case: The verso states "Mrs. Wm B. Richardson//of Boston//(Miss Cornelia Walter)//afterdeath of her brother Lyman, Winstull walter she was editor of Boston Transcript" (VERSO) MRS. WM. B. RICHARDS OF BOSTON (MISS CORNELIA WALTER) AFTER DEATH OF HER BROTHER LYMAN [?] WINSLOW [?] WALTERS SHE WAS EDITOR OF BOSTON TRANSCRIPT
DagID 367
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D01.011
9 1/4 x 7 1/4 (HxW)(inches)
13 x 11 1/4 x 1 (HxWxD)(inches)
Gift of Elise B. Richards
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-6 [Drawer 34 in old database]
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