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Gift of Gerard and Sylvie O’Brien, 2023.67.4, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collect…
Clarissa Caldwell
Gift of Gerard and Sylvie O’Brien, 2023.67.4, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, No Known Copyright

Clarissa Caldwell

SubjectPortrait of Clarissa Caldwell American, 1776 - 1876
PhotographerPhotographed by Unknown
Datec. 1850-1876
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 7/8 × 2 7/16in. (9.8 × 6.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Gerard and Sylvie O’Brien
DescriptionCarte-de-visite portrait photograph of Clarissa Caldwell as an older woman. She is wearing eyeglasses and sitting in a chair.
Object number2023.67.4
CopyrightNo Known Copyright
InscribedHandwritten in black ink on front mount: "Clarissa Caldwell."

Handwritten in pencil on back: "not a relative, but / just a nice old / lady apparently / well known in / Guilford. Probably / a 'friend of the family'"
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Mrs. Susan B. Samuels, 1885.2.0 © 2010 Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
    Henry B. Caldwell (1765 - 1812)
    Henry B. Caldwell
    Museum purchase, 1986.13.1 Photograph by David Stansbury. © 2010 The Connecticut Historical …
    Sampler
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    1828
    Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.105a © 2016 The Connecti…
    Congregational Church, Hebron, Conn.
    Clarissa Louisa Pendleton
    1880
    Sampler
    Sampler
    Clarissa Bosworth
    1821
    Sampler
    Sampler
    Clarissa Cheney
    1788
    Museum purchase, 1986.128.2 Photograph by David Stansbury. © 2010 The Connecticut Historical …
    Family Register Sampler
    Clarissa Fox
    1835
    Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.103 © 2016 The Connectic…
    Watercolor Painting of Clarissa L. Pendleton
    Susan Bingham Pendleton
    Figurine
    Figurine
    Wood & Caldwell
    1800-1815
    Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.117.1-.32 © 2016 The Con…
    Pendleton family photo album
    Anne C. Gilbert
    Gift of Katie Sellek, 2016.97.12, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Etta M. Scovill
    Gift of Katie Sellek, 2016.97.13, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Nancy Scovill
    Gift of Martha Dewing, 2015.173.195, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
    Unidentified Portraits
    Davis & Sanford
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