Portrait of William, Samuel, James, Sylvester, and Edward Crosby

DateOctober 1854

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (half): 4 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (10.8 × 13.97 cm)
Case (open): 9 1/2 × 6 × 3/8 inches (24.13 × 15.24 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 6 × 5/8 inches (12.07 × 15.24 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2011.37.36

Signednone

InscribedOn tape adhered to velvet liner, center, in black pen: Standing left to right / Willian & Samuel T. Crosby / Seated - left to right / Janes, Sylvester & Edward Crosby / sons of / Rev Juaginiah Crosby

MarkingsOn paper tape backing, upper left, in pencil: "Oct 1854"; On plate verso, center, in pencil: "Oct 1854.".

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DescriptionImage of five men dressed in suits with bow ties; two are standing and three are seated in front. Each man looks in a different direction and there is a small upholstered footstool in the center. This half plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a brown pebbled leather push button case with a burgundy velvet liner.

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