Eliza Ann Stedman Ferdon
Date1858-1864
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-coated copper plate in brass window mat package in tooled leather-covered wooden case. Embossed green 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 × 3/4in. (9.5 × 8.3 × 1.9cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 3/4in. (9.5 × 8.3 × 1.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionSixth-plate daguerreotype of Eliza Ann (Stedman) Ferdon. She is young, possibly in her late teens or early twenties. Her hair is parted in the middle and fashioned into curls that hang on either side of her face. She is wearing a white or light-colored bodice with a lace collar fastened at the neck with a brooch.
The brass window mat is notable for its detail; it features two columns framing the image, with two birds (eagles?) on the upper left and right sides. "207 BOWERY / N.Y." is stamped long the bottom of the mat.
The brass window mat is notable for its detail; it features two columns framing the image, with two birds (eagles?) on the upper left and right sides. "207 BOWERY / N.Y." is stamped long the bottom of the mat.
Object number2025.1.18
InscribedOn slip of paper adhered to green velvet pad: "Eliza Ann Ferdon (Stedman)"On View
Not on view
about 1855
