Daniel Webster Daguerreotype, 1449-B

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1897-02-16

GUSN

GUSN-392576

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Description

The image is a daguerreotype portrait of Daniel Webster. He is standing with one hand on his hip and the other resting on a book placed on a small, draped table. He is dressed in formal 19th-century attire, including a dark jacket and a bow tie. The setting appears to be a studio with a plain backdrop. Noted as being a copy of the daguerreotype by J. W. Haws, original property of Walter W. Lawson, Esq., Karthaws Bit. Coal Co., 11 Broadway, New York.

Details

Descriptive Terms

daguerreotypes (photographs)
daguerreotype (process)
portraits
men (male humans)
gelatin dry plate negatives

Inscription

8585

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP025355
B-Series negative 1449-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC022

Collection Name

Baldwin Coolidge Photographic Collection, circa 1878-1917

Date of Acquisition

1918-09-17

Reference Code

PC022.001.001.001.1449-B

Record Details

Originator

Coolidge, Baldwin, 1845-1928 (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives

Description Level

Item

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