Mrs. Fowler Wells with Phrenology Book

Artist Unknown

Dateca. 1855

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (10.8 x 8.26 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.547

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DescriptionImage of a woman seated with a book in her lap. She wears a patterned dress with a broach and earrings that dangle. This quarter-plate daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat inside of a traditional wooden frame miniature case with a black leather covering that has blind tooling on the back of the tray, and a maroon leather covering wrapped on the rails. There are dark red velvet covered retainers in the tray, and there is a faux marbled paper lining. The lid has a dark red velvet covered cushion.Published References

Published References

Matilda Joslyn Gage, "Woman in Newspapers," The History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 1 (New York: Arno Press, 1881): n.p.; L. N. Fowler, Phrenological Reading of G.H. Clark, March 1835, Harvard University Rare Books.

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