Ella Coe Birdsey
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1855
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-coated copper plate in brass window mat package in tooled leather-covered wooden case. Embossed red velvet pad in left side of open case.
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 2 1/2 × 2in. (6.4 × 5.1cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 2 7/8 × 2 3/8 × 1/2in. (7.3 × 6 × 1.3cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 2 7/8 × 2 3/8 × 1/2in. (7.3 × 6 × 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Miss Theora J. Bunnell in memory of Ella Coe Birdsey Curtis
DescriptionNinth-plate daguerreotype of Ella Coe Birdsey at the age of eight. She is wearing a dress with fan pleats in the bodice. The dress is worn off the shoulder. She is wearing a necklace with a pendant, and two bracelets (possibly coral). Her hair is parted in the middle and plaited on the sides, finished with large bows.
Object number1952.114.5
NotesDate note: The original accession card states, "taken at Meriden, Connecticut in 1855 when the subject was 8."Subject Terms
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