Catherine Day with daughters Sarah and Kate Day
SubjectPortrait of
Catharine Brown
1822 - 1895
SubjectPortrait of
Sarah Day
1848 - 1875
SubjectPortrait of
Catharine Brinley Day
1853 - 1923
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1858
MediumAmbrotype; collodion on glass in brass window mat package in tooled leather-covered wooden case; red silk pad in other side of case
DimensionsPlate (image plate height x width): 2 3/4 × 3 1/4in. (7 × 8.3cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 1/4 × 3 3/4 × 1/2in. (8.3 × 9.5 × 1.3cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 1/4 × 3 3/4 × 1/2in. (8.3 × 9.5 × 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionSixth plate ambrotype portrait of Catharine Brown Day and her daughters, Sarah and Catharine "Kate." Mrs. Day is in the middle, with Kate on the left and Sarah on the right.
Object number1975.87.7
InscribedHandwritten on slip of paper in envelope: "Mrs willard Day / Guys grandmother, his mother / Sarah Day right / Catharine B. Day Young his / Aunt Kate - left"Handwritten on slip of paper in envelope: "Willard Day - / Catharine Brown Day - / Guy P. Miller grand / mother + grandfather / Given to Annie B. Day - by / her mother"
Handwritten on slip of paper in envelope: "Aunt Kate / Catharine B. Day / Mrs Eugene Young - / Guys Aunt -"
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Georgiana Howard Agar-Ellis, Lady Dover