Museum purchase, 1966.96.3.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

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Museum purchase, 1966.69.3.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Almyra Ford Augur

MakerCase probably made by Samuel Peck American, active 1844 - 1857

PhotographerPossibly photographed by Samuel Peck American, active 1844 - 1857

Date1853-1860

MediumDaguerreotype; silver-plated copper plate in brass mat package in thermoplastic case; purple velvet pad in the left side of the 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 3/8 × 7/8in. (9.5 × 8.6 × 2.2cm)

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Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionSixth plate daguerreotype portrait of Almyra Ford Augur taken in a studio, with the painted backdrop behind her showing a generic landscape. The case, made of thermoplastic, was probably made by S.[amuel] Peck & Co. Peck was a New Haven-based daguerreotypist who patented the pressed shellac and sawdust method used to make what he called union cases (also known as gutta percha or thermoplastic).

Augur is pictured in middle age. She is wearing her hair parted in the middle and styled in ringlets over her ears, all framed by her bonnet and the ruffled daycap (presumably) beneath it. The bonnet is tied under her chin, and the ribbons hang down to her chest. She is also wearing eyeglasses.

Her dress is covered by the shawl she is wearing around her shoulders. Her white undersleeves are just visible at her wrists. She is wearing lace thumbless (possibly fingerless) gloves, and holding an umbrella on her lap.

Object number1966.96.3.2

NotesSubject note: This is the same woman that is depicted in 1966.96.3.3, which is accompanied by a note that reads, "Grandma Augur / Almyra Ford Augur"

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