Photograph Album of Chrissy and Burr Families
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1860s
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard carte-de-visite mounts, tintypes on lacquered iron plates, some hand-colored with watercolor, in photograph album
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/2 x 2 1/4in. (8.9 x 5.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 x 6 1/2in. (12.7 x 16.5cm)
Other (album height x width x depth): 5 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 2 1/2in. (13.3 x 17.1 x 6.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
Object number1998.47.0.1-.48
DescriptionFormal studio portraits of members of the Crissey and Burr families. Album contains photographs of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Dr. Lyman Beecher, and Henry Ward Beecher. Other surnames of sitters in the album include Norton, Warren, Seymour, Kilbourne, Lawrence, Hulbert, Phelps, Grant, Duncan, Alford, Cone, and Hill. Some subjects are infants and children of the Crissey and Burr families.
Status
Not on view
Smith Beecher