Moth
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (ninth): 2 × 2 1/2 inches (5.08 × 6.35 cm)
Case (closed): 2 1/2 × 3 × 3/4 inches (6.35 × 7.62 × 1.91 cm)
Case (open): 5 1/16 × 3 × 3/8 inches (12.86 × 7.62 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 2 1/2 × 3 × 3/4 inches (6.35 × 7.62 × 1.91 cm)
Case (open): 5 1/16 × 3 × 3/8 inches (12.86 × 7.62 × 0.95 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2014.45.38
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionNinth plate cased daguerreotype housed in brass mat with purple velvet liner. Image of moth with raised wings in profile.
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John Adams Whipple
1849
2005.27.597
