ca. 1852
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
GUSN-253939
Inscription on daguerreotype plate which accompanies D.6.052, a portrait of Jabez Ellis (88) taken shortly before his death. The inscription in the reads "Ellis/Died Jan. 1st 1852/Aged, 88 years 20 Days"
inscriptions
daguerreotype (process)
portrait format
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
(inscribed on surface) jabez ellis died jan. 1st 1852 aged 88 years 20 days (verso) cleaned by baldwin coolidge
DagID 53
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D06.051
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 (HxW)(inches)
3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 1 (HxWxD)(inches)
Gift of Mary E. Howe
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
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