Betsey Johnson Fitch and John Dingley Fitch
SubjectPortrait of
Joseph Dingley Fitch
1780 - 1854
SubjectPortrait of
Betsey Johnson
1784 - 1864
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Dateabout 1855
MediumDaguerreotypes; silver-coated copper plates in brass double window mat package in tooled leather-covered wooden case; embossed red velvet pad in left side of open case
DimensionsPlate (image plate height x width): 3 1/4 × 4 1/4in. (8.3 × 10.8cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 5/8 × 4 5/8 × 1/2in. (9.2 × 11.7 × 1.3cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 5/8 × 4 5/8 × 1/2in. (9.2 × 11.7 × 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Nellie G. Brown
DescriptionTwo daguerreotype portraits, one of Betsey Johnson Fitch and the other of John Dingley Fitch. Betsey is in late middle age. She is wearing a dark outer layer with many folds in it, a white collar with rounded edges, a bonnet tied under her chin, and eyeglasses. John is slightly older. He is wearing a dark jacket, vest, and bowtie, and a white shirt.
Object number1960.36.1
InscribedHandwritten in black ink on slip of paper in case: "Joseph Dingley Fitch / Betsey Johnson Fitch"On verso: "On his dag plate / NP 40 / unknown platemaker, French [in pencil] / 1849-57 [in pencil]"
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Alexander Hamilton Emmons
