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Gift of John Huntoon, 2001.92.15, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Mercy Lovering Bancroft
Gift of John Huntoon, 2001.92.15, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Mercy Lovering Bancroft

Date1839-1849
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-plated copper plate in brass mat package in wooden case covered with tooled leather; velvet pad on the left side of the case when open
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 2 1/2 × 2in. (6.4 × 5.1cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 2 7/8 × 2 3/16 × 1/2in. (7.3 × 5.6 × 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of John Huntoon
DescriptionNinth plate daguerreotype portrait of a woman, possibly Mercy Lovering Bancroft. She is wearing a dress and what appears to be a piece of headwear tied with a ribbon under her chin and trimmed with a strip of lace (or other adornment) that covers the ears. She is wearing eyeglasses.
Object number2001.92.15
InscribedOn envelope (not original): "Possibly Maria Bancroft"NotesSubject Note: Even though the name on the envelope is Maria Bancroft, not Mercy, there is a handwritten family tree in the object file that identifies James Bancroft, Sr.'s wife as Maria Lovering Bancroft. In Ancestry, her name is Mercy Marcia Lovering Bancroft, so that is the name that was used in this entry.
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