Emily Gale (Emily Bronson Sampson)
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1855
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-plated copper plate in brass mat package
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 2 1/2 × 2in. (6.4 × 5.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edgar Burnham
DescriptionUncased ninth plate daguerreotype of Emily Gale, probably taken after her first husband, Charles Hopkins Bronson died, and possibly after she married her second husband, William Sampson.
She is in at least her mid-30s. She is wearing what appears to be a dark-colored cape (or other outer garment in a similar cut to a cape) over a similarly dark-colored bodice. She is wearing a white lace collar. Her hair is parted in the middle and fashioned into wings that cover her ears.
She is in at least her mid-30s. She is wearing what appears to be a dark-colored cape (or other outer garment in a similar cut to a cape) over a similarly dark-colored bodice. She is wearing a white lace collar. Her hair is parted in the middle and fashioned into wings that cover her ears.
Object number1959.80.15
InscribedOn envelope containing daguerreotype: "Daguerotype [sic] / of / Mother Bronson"On back of small copy photo of daguerreotype: "1935 - given / Louise / to me when she / had this copy / made [illegible word] / the daguerotype [sic]
On folded piece of paper in envelope: "A daguerotype [sic] / of Emily Gale / Bronson - / grandmother / of E.H. Bronson / + C. W. Bronson / It was taken / just before the / birth of Florence / Bronson -- / the other is a / copy of same -- / to be given one [?] / to Elizabeth Brave / + K. N. Bronson / Signed / Grace D. Bronson / 1935"
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James Sidney Brainard
