Bride
Artist
Unknown
DateSeptember 13, 1848
MediumDaguerreotype with fabric
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 5/8 inches (9.53 × 8.26 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 3 3/4 × 6 1/2 × 3/8 inches (9.53 × 16.51 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 5/8 inches (9.53 × 8.26 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 3 3/4 × 6 1/2 × 3/8 inches (9.53 × 16.51 × 0.95 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2014.45.36
Signednone
InscribedOn scrap of paper pinned to inside of case, in black pen: "1848 / S.P. B."
Markingsnone
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionSixth plate cased daguerreotype (with piece of fabric pinned to the inside of the case) housed in brass mat with velvet liner. Image of woman wearing dress and veil while holding cased daguerreotype of man on her lap.
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