Mrs. C.M. McCorkle
PhotographerPhotographed by
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Date1849
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 3/4 x 3 9/16in. (12 x 9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Newton C. Brainard
DescriptionStudio portrait of a seated woman wearing a plaid dress, a bonnet and a shawl. She wears a ring on the hand that rests on a small table.
Object number1964.73.11
InscribedOn verso: "Mrs. C.M. McCorkle / Copied from a daguerreotype / taken in 1849."NotesMedium Note: Photograph, possibly taken in Hartford, of a much earlier daguerreotype.Subject Note: Probably Caroline Morgan McCorkle, the wife of Henry M. McCorkle. Caroline M. McCorkle was born in Hartford on 21 June 1824 and died in the District of Columbia in 1908. She is buried in Hartford.
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