ca. 1854
HGO-01-004-A-5 [Drawer 42 in old database]
GUSN-253766
Two young women, probably of the Hurd/Codman family. Image by pioneer New York daguerreotypist, Mathew B. Brady, who later sponsored photography of the Civil War. Gift of John Codman Sr.
women (female humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
portraits
portrait format
sitting
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Cushion: "Brady's Gallery//705 & 355//Broadway, New.York." is embossed into the cushion. (CASE) BRADY'S GALLERY 205 & 359 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
DagID 291
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D02.063
5 1/2 x 4 1/4 (HxW)(inches)
6 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 3/4 (HxWxD)(inches)
Gift of John Codman, Sr.
Brady, Mathew B., ca. 1823-1896 (Photographer)
Brady, Mathew B. (Photographer)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-5 [Drawer 42 in old database]
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