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for Jane Elizabeth Bull Gilman
Jane Elizabeth Bull Gilman
Date1842-1843
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-coated copper plate in brass window mat package in tooled leather-covered wooden case. Embossed red velvet pad in the left/top half of the case.
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4in. (8.3 × 7cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 5/8in. (9.5 × 8.3 × 1.6cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 5/8in. (9.5 × 8.3 × 1.6cm)
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionSixth plate daguerreotype of Jane Elizabeth Bull Gilman (James Bidwell Gilman's wife). The velvet pad is embossed with the name "Brady's Gallery," which suggests that the image was taken at Mathew Brady's studio.
Object number2025.1.17
InscribedHandwritten on slip of paper behind image package in case: "Mrs J E Gilman / Wife of / James B Gilman / of Hartford / Conn / Aged 23 years"On View
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