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Gift of Gerard and Sylvie O’Brien, 2023.67.4, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collect…
Clarissa Caldwell
Gift of Gerard and Sylvie O’Brien, 2023.67.4, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, No Known Copyright

Clarissa Caldwell

SubjectPortrait of Clarissa Caldwell American, 1776 - 1876
Datec. 1850-1876
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 7/8 × 2 7/16in. (9.8 × 6.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Gerard and Sylvie O’Brien
DescriptionCarte-de-visite portrait photograph of Clarissa Caldwell as an older woman. She is wearing eyeglasses and sitting in a chair.
Object number2023.67.4
CopyrightNo Known Copyright
InscribedHandwritten in black ink on front mount: "Clarissa Caldwell."

Handwritten in pencil on back: "not a relative, but / just a nice old / lady apparently / well known in / Guilford. Probably / a 'friend of the family'"
On View
Not on view
Museum purchase,  1986.13.1  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical …
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