Joanna Chaffee with hand-lettered sign
Artist
Unknown
Date1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 3/4 × 6 5/8 × 3/4 inches (9.53 × 16.83 × 1.91 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 3/4 inches (9.53 × 8.89 × 1.91 cm)
Case (open): 3 3/4 × 6 5/8 × 3/4 inches (9.53 × 16.83 × 1.91 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 3/4 inches (9.53 × 8.89 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4717
Signednone
InscribedPaper label housed inside tray behind plate, in pencil: "Name in 1st / page of Chaffee / genealogy - Joanna Parker / Chaffee"
MarkingsOn modern paper seal, plate verso, in pencil: "No Hallmark / very primitive / Plate Prep + made by an operator with just basic skills. An extraordinary / Historical + Social Daguerreotype / Retaped 9/7/00 DAW Exter NH"
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DescriptionImage of a woman wearing a longsleeved dress and a bonnet while holding a hand-lettered sign that reads (backwards): "JOANNA CHAFFEE AGED 81 YRS 1850". This sixth plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a case with an embossed spray of roses motif, a red velvet liner, and side clasp.
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