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James de Peyster Ogden
Dateabout 1850
MediumPhotography; daguerreotype on silver-coated copper plate under glass with gilt mat in paper-covered wooden case with embossed red velvet pad
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 2 3/4 x 2 1/4in. (7 x 5.7cm)
Plate (height x width): 3 1/4 x 2 7/16in. (8.3 x 6.2cm)
Other (height x width): 3 11/16 x 3 3/16 x 9/16in. (9.4 x 8.1 x 1.4cm)
Plate (height x width): 3 1/4 x 2 7/16in. (8.3 x 6.2cm)
Other (height x width): 3 11/16 x 3 3/16 x 9/16in. (9.4 x 8.1 x 1.4cm)
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a boy wearing a jacket, vest, and necktie.
Object number2011.63.88
InscribedOn lower edge of case, in red paint, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Donor identified the sitted as James de Peyster Ogden, godfather of William James Hamersley, but Ogden was born about 1795 and would have been a much older man when the daguerreotype was taken. Sitter may be Ogden Hamersley, brother of William James Hamersley. (Ruocco 3/17/2012)On View
Not on viewHarriet Newell Darrow