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"On View
Not on view
Oliver Wells
Lydia Brown Wells
Jane Darrow Keeney
Amelia Jane Jerome Perkins
Jane Darrow Keeney
Mary Wells Pendleton
Harriet Newell Darrow
Curtis Keeney
Rev. Curtis Keeney
David Allen Starr
