Viola Harrison
Artist
Gabriel Harrison
(American, 1817 - 1902)
Artist
Harrison & Hill
(American)
Dateca. 1856-1858
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 7/8 × 7 × 3/8 inches (9.84 × 17.78 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 7/8 × 3 1/2 × 3/4 inches (9.84 × 8.89 × 1.91 cm)
Case (open): 3 7/8 × 7 × 3/8 inches (9.84 × 17.78 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 7/8 × 3 1/2 × 3/4 inches (9.84 × 8.89 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.289
Signednone
InscribedOn paper scrap, behind plate verso, in pencil: "Viola Harrison"
MarkingsOn plate verso, on modern paper seal, in pencil: "DAGUERREOTYPE BY GABRIEL HARRISON / OF HIS DAUGHTER VIOLA, / RESEALED MARCH 22, 1982. / GBR"
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
Virginia Chandler, "Gabriel Harrison," in Henry Reed Stiles, ed., History of Kings County Including the City of Brooklyn, N.Y. (Brooklyn: W. W. Munsell & Co., 1884): 1151-58; Grant B. Romer, "Gabriel Harrison-The Poetic Daguerrean," Image 22:3 (September 1979): 8-18.
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