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Bequest of Roderick Bissell Jones,  1974.56.469, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No …
Mary Jane Bissell Bronson
Bequest of Roderick Bissell Jones, 1974.56.469, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Mary Jane Bissell Bronson

SubjectPortrait of Mary Jane Bissell Bronson American, 1829 - 1897
Date1855-1860
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-plated copper plate in brass mat package in leather-covered wooden case; 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 1/4 × 1/2in. (9.5 × 8.3 × 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineBequest of Roderick Bissell Jones
DescriptionSixth plate daguerreotype of Mary Jane Bissell (probably taken after she married Merritt Bronson in 1855). She looks to be about 30 years old. She is wearing a dress with a deep v neckline over a chemisette with a ruffled collar. A brooch with hand-applied gold tinting is fastened to the chemisette just below the collar. Her hair is parted in the middle and fashioned into wings above her ears.
Object number1974.56.469
On View
Not on view
Gift of Eleanor Bissell, 1960.22.18, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyri…
Unknown
1850-1860
Bequest of Roderick Bissell Jones, 1974.56.468, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No k…
Fanny Gaylord Bissell
1845-1855
Museum purchase, 1966.96.3.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Samuel Peck
1853-1860
Gift of Eleanor Bissell, 1960.22.16, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyri…
Unknown
1840-1855
Bequest of Roderick Bissell Jones, 1974.56.483, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No k…
Roderick Bissell
1845-1855
Gift of Newton Case Brainard, 1960.178.4, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known c…
Unknown
1849-1853
Gift of Newton Case Brainard, 1960.178.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known c…
Lucy Abigail Brainard
1849-1853
Gift of John Huntoon, 2001.92.16, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Unknown
1840-1850