Hannah Edwards Dorrance
SubjectPortrait of
Hannah Edwards
Date1850-1860
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-coated copper plate in brass window mat package in tooled leather-covered wooden case; red silk pad in left side of open case
DimensionsPlate (image plate 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 × 1/2in. (9.5 × 8.3 × 1.3cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 1/2in. (9.5 × 8.3 × 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Allyn Seymour
DescriptionSixth plate daguerreotype of Hannah Edwards Dorrance, a woman of middle age. She is wearing a dress with a deep v-neck bodice, under which is a chemise or other undergarment. Her hair is parted in the middle and pulled back, and she is wearing a bonnet or daycap set back on her head, exposing her hair.
Object number1979.30.110
InscribedPrinted on orange paper under image package in case: "WESTMINSTER / FINE ART / GALLERY, / NO. 94 WESTMINSTER STREET, / PROVIDENCE, R.I. / J.B. THURSTON, Proprietor. / Pictures taken large or small, and neatly / set in / LOCKS, PINS, RINGS &c. / Lockets, Pins, Frames and Cases, con- / stantly on hand and filled with / GOOD PICTURES, / As cheap as at any place in this city, let / the price be what it may / COPYING FROM ANY DESIGN. / Satisfaction given to all."Typed on slip of paper in case: "Hannah Edwards Dorrance / Married first to Rev. John Gordon / Dorrance"
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1845-1850
