Portrait of Emma Buckingham Beach

Artist Meade Brothers (American, active 1840s-1850s)

Dateca. 1855

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 7/16 × 3/8 inches (9.21 × 16.35 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 3/16 × 5/8 inches (9.21 × 8.1 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.564

SignedOn velvet liner, inside case, embossed: "MEADE BROTHERS. / 233 BROADWAY / NEW YORK."

InscribedOn paper note, attached to case recto, in black pen: "Emma B. / Beach / Mar. Abbott / H. Thayer."

MarkingsOn modern paper seal, plate verso, in pencil: "Emma Buckingham Beach married Abbott H. Thayer / Resealed 2-2-96 KA"

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DescriptionImage of young girl standing next to a chair resting her elbow on the back. She's wearing a dress with woven ribbons (colored red) along the sleeves and skirt. This sixth plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a case with studio logo on red velvet liner and handwritten note attached to case recto. Case is embossed with "Birds and the Fountain" motif with gold tooling around perimeter.Published References

Published References

"The Brothers Meade and the Daguerrean Art," Photographic Art-Journal 3:5 (May 1852): 293-95; "Charles Richard Meade, Esq., Deceased," Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (March 27, 1858): 268-69; and Volina Valentine Lyons, "The Brothers Meade," History of Photography 14:2 (April-June 1990): 113-34.

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