Harriet Beecher Stowe
Artist
Southworth & Hawes
(American, active 1843-1861; Albert Sands Southworth, 1811-1894; Josiah Johnson Hawes, 1808-1901)
Dateca. 1843-1845
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 5 1/2 × 9 5/8 × 3/8 inches (13.97 × 24.45 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 5 1/2 × 4 3/4 × 3/4 inches (13.97 × 12.07 × 1.91 cm)
Case (open): 5 1/2 × 9 5/8 × 3/8 inches (13.97 × 24.45 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 5 1/2 × 4 3/4 × 3/4 inches (13.97 × 12.07 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.13
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionPortrait of a woman (Harriet Beecher Stowe) wearing a long-sleeved dress with a shawl over her shoulders; she is seated next to a table with a plant. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a brown case with a burgundy velvet liner.
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Southworth & Hawes
ca. 1850-1851; printed 1912
2020.11.4
