Samuel Terry
SubjectPortrait of
Samuel Terry
American, 1774 - 1853
Date1840-1853
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-coated copper plate in brass window mat package (missing mat preserver) in tooled leather-covered wood case; piece of paper with handwritten inscription covers the red silk pad in left side of open 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 × 1/2in. (9.5 × 8.3 × 1.3cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 1/2in. (9.5 × 8.3 × 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionSixth-plate daguerreotype by Edward White (NY) of Samuel Terry, Eli Terry's brother and a clockmaker in his own right. Terry is shown in old age, and is wearing a suit, a white shirt with an upturned collar, and a dark-colored necktie.
Object number1972.30.38
InscribedOn slip of paper under image package, handwritten in black ink: "Samuel Terry / brother of Eli Terry / (clockmakers) / came to Bristol / about 1888 and bought / house at the "Y" from / Col Botsford"On slip of paper covering silk pad on left side of open case, handwritten in black ink: "Samuel Terry / pioneer / clockmaker of / Connecticut"
Handwritten in blue ink: "History on paper in back of picture / maker of picture signed in metal inside."
Handwritten in red ink: "E. WHITE MAKER NY / FINEST QUALITY N. A."
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