1846
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
GUSN-253916
Catherine Johnson (15) seated at a side table with a bible in her lap. Case [and image ?] made by William Shew, a pioneer Boston daguerreotypist who was active later in San Francisco.
costume (mode of fashion)
portraits
adolescents
portrait format
sitting
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Case: "Catherine Johnson aged 15 1846 from WM Shew's miniature case manufactory, corner of Court and Howard streets Boston"
DagID 30
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D06.028
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 (HxW)(inches)
3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 5/8 (HxWxD)(inches)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
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