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Gift of Mrs. Georgie B. Lee and Jessica Baldwin, 1958.62.4, Connecticut Museum of Culture and H…
Amos B. and Isabella Hamblin Adams
Gift of Mrs. Georgie B. Lee and Jessica Baldwin, 1958.62.4, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Amos B. and Isabella Hamblin Adams

Date1845-1850
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-coated copper plate behind brass window mat and glass (mat package not sealed) in wooden case covered in tooled leather; red velvet pad in left side of open case
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4in. (8.3 × 7cm)
Other (height x width x depth): 3 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 1/2in. (9.5 × 8.6 × 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Georgie B. Lee and Jessica Baldwin
DescriptionSixth plate daguerreotype of Amos and Isabella Hamblin Adams, possibly taken upon the occasion of their wedding in 1848. They are both young, in their 20s. He is wearing a jacket, waistcoat with lapels, a white shirt with a low, stiff collar, and a bowtie (or cravat tied in a bow). His hair is worn slightly long, to about mid-ear length and slightly longer in the back. She is wearing a dress with pleats gathered into shirring at the waist. The sleeves do not appear overly full, although it's hard to gauge their fullness from the image. Her white collar is fastened at the throat. Her hair is parted in the middle, with long ringlets hanging down on over her ears.
Object number1958.62.4
MarkingsStamped along top edge of daguerreotype plate: "E. WHITE MAKER N.Y."
"FINEST QUALITY A"
InscribedHandwritten on scrap of paper in case: "Amos P. Adams / Willimantic"

"E. White maker - N.Y. -- / Finest Quality - top of / dag. plate"
On View
Not on view
Museum purchase, 1994.188.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
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