Mrs. Anna Crosby Carpenter
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1855
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-coated copper plate in brass mat package in bottom half of tooled leather-covered wooden case
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4in. (8.3 × 7cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 1/4in. (9.2 × 8.3 × 0.6cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 1/4in. (9.2 × 8.3 × 0.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionSixth-plate daguerreotype of Mrs. Anna Crosby Carpenter, taken sometime in the 1850s. She is wearing a dress with bell sleeves and buttons down the front of the bodice. A white lacy collar is fastened at the throat with a brooch. Her hair is parted in the middle and fashioned into ringlets that appear to be gathered into puffs near her ears
Object number1983.109.1
InscribedHandwritten in faded ink on paper taped to back of case: "Mrs. Anna Crosby Carpenter / friend of Mother's and / Auntie's who moved to / Missouri"Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
1858-1864
1845-1850