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Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, 1993.78.5, Connecticut Museum of Culture …
Samuel Bicknell
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, 1993.78.5, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Samuel Bicknell

SubjectPortrait of Samuel Bicknell 1773 - 1856
Date1845-1856
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-plated copper plate in brass mat package in wooden case covered in tooled leather; blue velvet pad in left side of open case
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4in. (8.3 × 7cm)
Other (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 Samuel Bicknell. He is pictured in older age. He is wearing a dark jacket, white shirt, upturned white collar, and dark tie.
Object number1993.78.5
InscribedHandwritten in black ink on slip of paper in envelope: "Grandfather / Bicknell / of Ashford father of / Emmeline B.W."

Handwritten in black ink on slip of paper in envelope: "Father of / Emelin Bicknell / who was the wife / of Ashbell Woodward."
On View
Not on view
Gift of John Huntoon, 2001.92.16, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Unknown
1840-1850
Gift of Eleanor Bissell, 1960.22.16, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyri…
Unknown
1840-1855
Museum purchase, 1966.96.3.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Samuel Peck
1853-1860
Gift of Agnes T. Allen, 1964.75.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyrigh…
Parthenia Beckwith
1840-1855
Museum purchase, 1966.96.3.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Samuel Peck
1853-1860
Bequest of Roderick Bissell Jones, 1974.56.468, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No k…
Fanny Gaylord Bissell
1845-1855
Bequest of Roderick Bissell Jones,  1974.56.469, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No …
Mary Jane Bissell Bronson
1855-1860