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Sarah Carstairs Roberts daguerreotype, 1845
Sarah Carstairs Roberts daguerreotype, 1845
Sarah Carstairs Roberts daguerreotype, 1845
Sarah Carstairs Roberts daguerreotype, 1845
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Sarah Carstairs Roberts daguerreotype, 1845

Permanent ID:
6894
Date:
circa 1845
Image Description:
Image: Head and shoulders of a woman with hair parted in the center, and puffed over the ears, wearing a Jenny Lind collar and drop earrings. Preserver: Plain, not embossed. Mat: [none] Case: Leather-covered wood frame embossed with a simple lined design, with an interior red velvet lining
Inscription:
(typed on paper): 9 / Circular colored daguerrotype [sic], with human hair backing, of Mrs. Walter D. / Wyatt, mother of Walter S. Wyatt [1846 - 1914] (Enclosed note)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 2.7 cm, Height: 2.7 cm (image)
Width: 1 1/16 in, Height: 1 1/16 in (image)
Width: 8.1 cm, Height: 10.8 cm, Depth: 2.0 cm (case)
Width: 3 3/16 in, Height: 4 1/4 in, Depth: 13/16 in (case)
Collection:
Roberts family Photographs
Related People or Organizations:
Hyland, Jean H. (was donated by)
Wyatt, Walter D. (relates to)
Wyatt, Walter S. (relates to)
Carstairs, Sarah (depicted)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85035408]
Photographs--Coloring [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85101197]