Caroline Aiken Gage

PhotographerPhotographed by Morrill's Studio American

PhotographerPhotographed by Vickery & Hight American

Date1860-1870

MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cartes-de-visite

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 11/16 x 2 1/4in. (9.4 x 5.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 11/16 x 2 1/4in. (9.4 x 5.7cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 1/4 x 2 1/2in. (10.8 x 6.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Chris Hatch

DescriptionStudio portaits of a woman in early and late middle age. In the earlier, full-length portrait, she wears a dress with what appears to be velvet trim and stands behind an ornately carved chair and a table with a printed tablecloth. The two later bust-length portraits apparently were taken at the same time. She appears as an older woman, again wearing a dress with what appears to be velvet trim.

Object number2003.20.43-.45

InscribedOn verso, in pencil: 2003.20.44 and 2003.20.45 inscribed, "Grandmother Gage"; 2003.20.43 inscribed "Caroline Aiken Gage." All three photographs have accession numbers at lower right.NotesSubject Note: Caroline Aiken Gage was the wife of William L. Gage. Her maiden name was Caroline Aiken Kimball.

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