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Nancy Locke Hill

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1846

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-2 [Drawer 44 in old database]

GUSN

GUSN-254026

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Description

Middle-aged woman (possibly Nancy Locke Hill ) holding spectacles in her lap. Image probably taken by Lorenzo G. Chase, active in Boston as an independent operator from 1846-1851.

Details

Descriptive Terms

women (female humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
portraits
portrait format
sitting
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

Mat: "CHASE" stamped on the botton right corner. (MAT) CHASE (CASE) WM. SHEW, MINIATURE CASE MAKER, AND DEALER IN DAGUERREOTYPE APPARATUS AND MATERIALS, COURT STREET, OPPPOSITE THE HEAD OF HANOVER ST. BOSTON

Additional Identification Number

DagID 341

Physical Description

1 daguerreotype

Collection Code

PC005

Collection Name

Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

Reference Code

PC005.D06.138

Image Dimensions

3 1/2 x 2 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Dimensions

3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 5/8 (HxWxD)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothea L. Mann

Record Details

Originator

Chase, Lorenzo G., b. 1823 (Photographer)

Material Type

daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-2 [Drawer 44 in old database]

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