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ca. 1858
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
GUSN-253911
Mrs. Samuel Eliot, wearing an ornate ruffled dress, holds infant Emily in her lap. Gift of Samuel Eliot Morison. Another family member is featured in accession number 1926.188.
costume (mode of fashion)
infants
women (female humans)
hairstyles
furniture
interior views
portraits
mothers
daughters
children (people by age group)
portrait format
sitting
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Case: "Mrs. Samuel Eliot & Emily Marshall Eliot"
DagID 23
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D06.023
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Samuel Eliot Morison
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
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