ca. 1854
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
GUSN-253896
Elizabeth Clifford Greene wearing a white décolleté dress stares off over her proper right shoulder. Greene was born August 25, 1825. Her first marriage was to Cornelius G. Fenner, then she later married Gardner H. Clark. She died without children in November 1857. Same sitter in D.6.006 & D.6.010.
John Adams Whipple, a leading Boston photographer, was of one of the first to practice daguerreotypy in the United States. He was originally a chemist, and when the daguerreotype process came to the U.S. in 1839, he supplied new photographers with the chemicals they needed. However, the fumes caused problems with his health and by 1845 he was listed in Boston city directories as a photographer with Albert Litch.
women (female humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
hairstyles
portraits
portrait format
busts (figures)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
DagID 10
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D06.008
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 (HxW)(inches)
3 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 3/4 (HxWxD)(inches)
Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891 (Photographer)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Clark, Elizabeth Clifford Greene Fenner, 1825-1857
Item
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
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