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Abigail Gilman Perry

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Collection Type

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Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-4 [Drawer 33 in old database]

GUSN

GUSN-254327

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Description

Abigail Gilman Perry (1789-1860), mother of Caroline Perry Jewett and wife of Theodore H. Jewett, with black dress with white lace collar and cap, hands crossed at waist; case [and image ?] made by William Shew, a pioneer Boston daguerreotypist

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Inscription

(case, verso) grandma perry

Additional Identification Number

DagID 395

Physical Description

1 daguerreotype

Collection Code

PC005

Collection Name

Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

Reference Code

PC005.D06.439

Credit Line

Jewett House Collection

Record Details

Material Type

daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-4 [Drawer 33 in old database]

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