Laura Wells Churchill
SubjectPortrait of
Laura Wells
American, 1789 - 1877
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1840-1845
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-coated copper plate in brass window mat package (missing the mat preserver) in bottom half of wooden case
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 3 1/8 × 2 3/4in. (7.9 × 7cm)
Frame (frame height x width x depth): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 1/2in. (9.5 × 8.3 × 1.3cm)
Frame (frame 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 of Laura Wells Churchill by an unknown photographer. She is pictured in middle age. She is wearing a dress with vertical fan pleats down the front of the bodice. There are bands of fringe around the upper sleeves. A very narrow lace collar is fastened at the throat with a brooch. She is wearing a long necklace. Her hair is parted in the middle and fashioned into small wings that end midway down her ears. She is wearing a decorative comb or other hair accessory.
Object number1985.245.2
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on back of frame: "Aunt Laura Churchill / wife [sister?] of Lora Waters / my mother's eldest / sister"Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
1858-1864