Samuel Bicknell
SubjectPortrait of
Samuel Bicknell
1773 - 1856
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
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)
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."
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