Ellen Cornelia Pomeroy Day
SubjectPortrait of
Ellen Cornelia Pomeroy
American, 1840 - 1927
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1860
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-coated copper plate in brass window mat package in wooden frame with a jump ring on the top edge
DimensionsPlate (image plate height x width): 2 1/2 × 2in. (6.4 × 5.1cm)
Other (frame height x width x depth): 3 × 2 1/4 × 1/2in. (7.6 × 5.7 × 1.3cm)
Other (frame height x width x depth): 3 × 2 1/4 × 1/2in. (7.6 × 5.7 × 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Dr. Marvin B. Day
DescriptionNinth plate daguerreotype of Ellen Cornelia Pomeroy, perhaps before she married Thomas Mills Day. She is young, perhaps in her late teens or early twenties. She is wearing what looks like a shirtwaist but might be the bodice of a dress, and a small ribbon worn around the base of her throat, fastened with a brooch. Her hair is fashioned into a braid that crosses the crown of her head. She is wearing small drop earrings.
Object number1978.94.76
InscribedHandwritten in black ink on label adhered to back of frame: "Ellen P Day"Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
1858-1864
