ca. 1854
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
GUSN-253900
Two women (20s) with earrings and lace collars smile softly into the camera. Both wear collars of lace. The woman at the left is wearing a brooch that might be a daguerreotype.; Whipple, a leading Boston photographer, was one of the first to practice daguerreotypy in the United States.
women (female humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
jewelry
portraits
portrait format
busts (figures)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Mat: "WHIPPLE'S PATENT" along the bottom edge of the mat.
DagID 13
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D06.012
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 (HxW)(inches)
3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 5/8 (HxWxD)(inches)
John Adams Whipple (Photographer)
Whipple, John Adams (Photographer)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
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