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Museum purchase, 1986.73.1a, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Rocky Hill Congregational Church and Danforth family
Museum purchase, 1986.73.1a, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Rocky Hill Congregational Church and Danforth family

Date1848-1855
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-coated copper plate in brass window mat package in wooden frame
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 3 3/4 × 2 3/4in. (9.5 × 7cm)
Other (frame height x width x depth): 6 3/4 × 5 3/4 × 3/4in. (17.1 × 14.6 × 1.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionSixth plate daguerreotype of Rocky Hill Congregational Church, with a group of six people standing outside it (presumably members of the Danforth family).
Object number1986.73.1a
InscribedHandwritten on back of frame: "Miſs Mary Danforth"
On View
Not on view
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