Susy Wyman, age 1 year and 10 months, ca. 1853

Item Information

Title:
Susy Wyman, age 1 year and 10 months, ca. 1853
Description:
Susy Wyman sits in Whipple's carved armchair holding a doll, her legs sticking straight out in front. Title devised by curator. Resilvered plate. Plain oval mat. Decorative protector. Plain red velvet pad. Plain black pebbled leather pushbutton case. In graphite on casepaper: Susy Wyman / 1 year + 10 months old / Sent to her father & mother / while in Paris, July 1853. Attributed to Whipple on the basis of studio furniture. Purchased 1991. #1991.56 (no.5).
Creator:
Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891.
Date:
[ca. 1853]
Genre:
Daguerreotypes--United States--1850-1860
Location:
Boston Athenaeum
Collection (local):
Daguerreotypes
Subjects:
Wyman, Susy--Portraits
Extent:
1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype, b&w ; mat with protector 8.2 x 6.7 cm., case 9 x 8 cm.
Link to Item:
https://cdm16057.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p13110coll6/id/150
Terms of Use:
Collection of the Boston Athenæum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see https://www.bostonathenaeum.org/explore-learn/library/find-books-more/rights-reproductions/
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Referenced by:
http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=436999
Identifier:
Prints and Photographs Dept. (photo) UTB-6 5.4 Wym.s.(no.1)
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