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Susan Hampton daguerreotype, 1845
Susan Hampton daguerreotype, 1845
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Susan Hampton daguerreotype, 1845

Permanent ID:
5609
Date:
circa 1845
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman wearing daycap, holding spectacles. Preserver: [none]. Mat: Octagonal with pebble finish (1839-mid 40s). Case: Paper-covered wood-frame with a very rare geometric design embossed (Berg No. 5-60) on the front only, with red velvet pinchpad and a red silk cuchion (1839-1845) .
Inscription:
(ink on silk): Susan / Hampton / mother of / Rhoda; (Case cushion)

(ink on applied label): Miss Mary O'Connell / June 23, 1936 (Label on back exterior of case)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 6.9 cm, Height: 8.2 cm (image)
Width: 2 23/32 in, Height: 3 1/4 in (image)
Width: 7.9 cm, Height: 9.3 cm, Depth: 1.6 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 5/8 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
Related People or Organizations:
Hampton, Susan (depicted)
O'Connell, Mary (was donated by)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]