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Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.111 © 2016 The Connectic…
Jane Wells
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.111 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Jane Wells

MediumPhotography; daguerreotype on silver-coated copper plate under glass with gilt mat in wooden case with embossed red velvet pad
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width of open case): 2 × 3 1/2in. (5.1 × 8.9cm)
Other (height x width of closed case): 2 × 1 3/4in. (5.1 × 4.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III
DescriptionDaguerreotype of Jane Wells, the sister of Mary (Maria) Wells Pendleton. She is a young woman in the photograph and has her hair tied up with ribbons. She is wearing a dress with a brroch in the center. The dress just covers her collarbones. The red velvet pad is embossed with a vased plant in an oval. The wooden case is no longer attached at the hinge.
Object number2016.100.111
On View
Not on view
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.115 © 2016 The Connectic…
Oliver Wells
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.116 © 2016 The Connectic…
Lydia Brown Wells
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.45 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Jane Darrow Keeney
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.51 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Amelia Jane Jerome Perkins
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.30 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Harriet Newell Darrow
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.107 © 2016 The Connectic…
Mary Wells Pendleton
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.48  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Samuel Root
1851-1853
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.93  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Samuel Root
after 1851
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.79  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
before 1864
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.42 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
John Rogers Jerome
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.44 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Rev. Curtis Keeney