John Churchill
SubjectPortrait of
John Churchill
American, 1785 - 1823
After a work byAfter a painting attributed to
Dr. Samuel Broadbent
American, 1759 - 1828
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1851
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-coated copper plate in brass window mat package, originally housed in a wooden frame (now in pieces)
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4in. (8.3 × 7cm)
Frame (frame height x width x depth): 3 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 3/8in. (9.5 × 8.6 × 1cm)
Frame (frame height x width x depth): 3 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 3/8in. (9.5 × 8.6 × 1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionSixth-plate daguerreotype of a painting of John Churchill attributed to Dr. Samuel Broadbent (1945.1.20). The daguerreotype is laterally reversed (due to the nature of the daguerreotype process). Churchill is a young man wearing a dark coat and a shirt with a high, white ruffled stock. He is holding a quill pen in his left hand.
Object number1985.245.3
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on verso of frame: "Portrait of my / grandfather / Mr [?] Churchill"On View
Not on view
1845-1850
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