Object Details
- depicted
- Warren, Mary Ann
- Warren, George K.
- Description
- This beautiful daguerreotype by Boston-area photographer George K. Warren (1832–1884) is of the photographer's wife, Mary Ann Warren. The Photographic History Collection has a collection of letters, scrapbooks, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cartes-de-visites, cabinet cards, other paper prints, and a college yearbook by Warren. This collection documents important aspects of his career, the role of his family in supporting his career, and his role in the rise of celebrity portraiture.
- Pressed paper case (separated hinge); Mary Ann Warren, G. K. Warren's wife; portrait of seated woman in dark dress, lace collar, cameo at neck. Studio: Warren, 100 Merrimack St. Lowell (interior, on left;) Cond: Good; tarnish at edges under mat, weeping glass, corrosion on mat, Quarter plate.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1850s
- ID Number
- 1995.0231.139
- accession number
- 1995.0231
- catalog number
- 1995.0231.139
- Object Name
- Daguerreotype
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 10.795 cm
- Place Made
- United States: Massachusetts, Lowell
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Family & Social Life
- Photography
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Portraits
- Record ID
- nmah_1027727
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-f342-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
