Jane Wells
SubjectPortrait of
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)
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
MarkingsTop edge of wooden case, handwritten in black ink: "JANE WELLS"Subject Terms
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Oliver Wells
Lydia Brown Wells
Mary Wells Pendleton
Jane Darrow Keeney
Amelia Jane Jerome Perkins
