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Image Not Available for Josephine Craige Lippincott and son Craige Lippincott
Josephine Craige Lippincott and son Craige Lippincott
Image Not Available for Josephine Craige Lippincott and son Craige Lippincott

Josephine Craige Lippincott and son Craige Lippincott

SubjectPortrait of Josephine Craige American, 1823 - 1899
PhotographerPhotographed by Marcus Aurelius Root American, 1808 - 1888
Date1847
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-coated copper plate under brass window mat and glass (missing mat preserver) in a tooled leather-covered wooden case. Embossed red velvet pad in left side of open case.
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 5 1/2 × 4 1/4in. (14 × 10.8cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 6 × 4 3/4 × 3/4in. (15.2 × 12.1 × 1.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineCredit line: Gift of Mrs. James L. Goodwin
DescriptionHalf-plate daguerreotype of a young woman, Josephine Craige Lippincott, holding her young son Craige on her lap.
Object number1968.3.8.5
InscribedOn slip of paper in case: "My Mother and / my brother / Craige"
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