Sarah Creighton, Julia Maria, and Harriet Cutler Peet

Dateca. 1855

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 1/2 inches (11.75 × 19.05 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 inches (11.75 × 9.53 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2005.37.119

Signednone

InscribedOn paper note, inside case pinned to velvet liner, in black pen: "Julia Maria / 1935 / Sarah Creighton / 1937 / Harriet Cutler / Peel 1839"

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DescriptionImage of three young women. The woman on the left is seated in three quarter profile and wears a dark dress with lace trim, the woman in the center wears a checkered dress with a bow tied around her collar, and the woman on the far right wears and striped dress and is seated with her hands in her lap. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a pebbled leather case with a dark purple velvet liner and note that identifies the sitter pinned inside. The same subjects, younger, are seen in 2005.37.83.

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