Mary Callender
MakerCase made by
Littlefield, Parsons and Co.
American, 1857 - 1866
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1860
MediumTintype; collodion on lacquered iron in brass window mat package in thermoplastic case. Embossed purple velvet pad in left side of open case.
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 1 5/8 × 1 3/8in. (4.1 × 3.5cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 2 1/8 × 1 7/8 × 3/4in. (5.4 × 4.8 × 1.9cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 2 1/8 × 1 7/8 × 3/4in. (5.4 × 4.8 × 1.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionSixteenth-plate tintype portrait of a girl named Mary Callender or Callendens. The bust-length portrait shows her wearing a plaid dress with a white collar fastened with a brooch. Her hair appears to be gathered in the back in a fringed headpiece.
Object number2026.1.36
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on label on velvet pad: "Mary Callende[illegible] 1860 / Boston, N. Haven school"Printed on label in bottom of case (under image package): "Littlefield, Parsons & Co., / Sole Manufacturers of / UNION CASES, / WITH / EMBRACING RIVETED HINGE. / PATENTED, / Oct. 14, 1856, & April 21, 1857."
Handwritten on slip of paper in envelope: "Mr. Hubbard Gillin [Tillin?] / Boston"
Handwritten in black ink on slip of paper in envelope: "Case marked - Littlefield, / Parsons & Co. -"
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