Niagara in Winter

Attributed to Platt D. Babbitt (American, 1822 - 1879)

Dateca. 1855

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (whole): 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (21.59 × 16.51 cm)
Framed: 9 1/16 × 11 × 3/4 inches (23.02 × 27.94 × 1.91 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.566

Signednone

InscribedOn plate verso, center, in black crayone: "Daguerreotype / by Southworth / and Hawes, / Boston."

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DescriptionImage of waterfalls winding around icicle-covered trees; a snow-covered grass fills the foreground. This whole plate framed daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat.Published References

Published References

Anthony Bannon, The Taking of Niagara: A History of the Falls in Photography (Buffalo: Media Study, 1982): 15.

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