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Hannah Darrow Jerome

SubjectPortrait of Hannah Darrow Jerome American, 1810 - 1895

MediumPhotography; daguerreotype on silver-coated copper plate under glass in wooden case with red silk pad

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (photo height x width): 2 5/8 × 2 1/8in. (6.7 × 5.4cm)
Other (height x width of open case): 3 5/8 × 6 1/8in. (9.2 × 15.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers

DescriptionDaguerreotype of Hannah Darrow Jerome (1810-1895). She is posed sitting with her left arm resting on an object to the side. The case is brown with a leaf motif on the front cover. The back of the case is plain.

Object number2015.62.37

NotesHannah Darrow Jerome (1810-1895) was the daughter of John Darrow (1779-1878) and Hannah Chappell (1778-1859). She married George Drisdale Jerome (1816-1893) in 1836. They had four children: George Henry Jerome (1839-1930), Amelia Jane Jerome (1841-1929), Julia Wightman Jerome (1846-1942), and Albert E. Jerome (1849-1860).

Julia Wightman Jerome (1846-1942) married David Allen Starr (1842-1890) in 1899. They had two children: Ada Newell Starr (1876-1979) and Nellie Jerome Starr (1887-1972).

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