Portrait of a Couple

Unknown American, American

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about 1847-1850

Daguerreotype in an embossed leather bound case

Image: 2 3/4 × 6 3/16 in. (7 × 15.7 cm)

Case: 3 5/8 × 3 3/16 in. (9.2 × 8.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Kathryn Rogers Chamberlin

PH.991.43.1

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Course History

ARTH 17.2, FILM 50, When Media Were New, Katie Hornstein, Spring 2014

Exhibition History

Completing the Picture: Hats, Fashion, and Fine Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 28-September 24, 2000.

Provenance

Family members; by descent to Kathryn Rogers Chamberlin (1907-2000) [Mrs. Waldo Chamberlin], Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1991.

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