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Daguerreotypes (photographs)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Bust portrait, likely of Edith Emerson Forbes and Edward Waldo Emerson, circa 1850

Item — Box 1, item: 3Identifier: MS Am 2911
Scope and Contents: The collection contains daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, miniatures, and glass plate negatives featuring Ralph Waldo Emerson, his wife, children, and grandchildren. The bulk of the daguerreotypes and glass plate negatives are of Lidian Jackson Emerson. The children, Edward Waldo Emerson, Ellen Tucker Emerson, and Edith Emerson Forbes, are represented in ambrotypes and daguerreotypes. Also includes miniatures of Lidian Jackson Emerson and Ellen Tucker Emerson in poses based on daguerreotype...

Bust portrait of Ellen Tucker Emerson, circa 1855

Item — Box 1, item: 2Identifier: MS Am 2911
Scope and Contents: The collection contains daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, miniatures, and glass plate negatives featuring Ralph Waldo Emerson, his wife, children, and grandchildren. The bulk of the daguerreotypes and glass plate negatives are of Lidian Jackson Emerson. The children, Edward Waldo Emerson, Ellen Tucker Emerson, and Edith Emerson Forbes, are represented in ambrotypes and daguerreotypes. Also includes miniatures of Lidian Jackson Emerson and Ellen Tucker Emerson in poses based on daguerreotype...

Bust portrait of Lidian Jackson, circa 1855

Item — Box 1, item: 9Identifier: MS Am 2911
Scope and Contents:

Lidian Emerson wearing a lace head-covering. Daguerreotype sealed with information about the maker (discovered during conservation), "Fish & Co. mammoth Daguerreotype Room, Washington Street, Boston."

Bust portrait of Lidian Jackson Emerson, circa 1855

Item — Box 1, item: 6Identifier: MS Am 2911
Scope and Contents:

Lidian Emerson in a lace veil wearing a crucifix.

Bust portrait of Lidian Jackson Emerson, circa 1855

Item — Box 1, item: 7Identifier: MS Am 2911
Scope and Contents:

Lidian Emerson in a shear veil wearing an embroidered top.

Bust portrait of Lidian Jackson Emerson, circa 1855

Item — Box 1, item: 8Identifier: MS Am 2911
Scope and Contents:

Lidian Emerson in a lace head-covering. Frame is stamped "Allen & Co."

Ellen Tucker Emerson seated with flower basket., circa 1850

Item — Box 1, item: 1Identifier: MS Am 2911
Scope and Contents: The collection contains daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, miniatures, and glass plate negatives featuring Ralph Waldo Emerson, his wife, children, and grandchildren. The bulk of the daguerreotypes and glass plate negatives are of Lidian Jackson Emerson. The children, Edward Waldo Emerson, Ellen Tucker Emerson, and Edith Emerson Forbes, are represented in ambrotypes and daguerreotypes. Also includes miniatures of Lidian Jackson Emerson and Ellen Tucker Emerson in poses based on daguerreotype...

Emerson family photographs and miniatures

FOUND IN: Houghton Library
Collection Identifier: MS Am 2911
Overview:

Contains daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, glass plate negatives, and miniatures of members of the Emerson family.

Half-body portrait of Lidian Jackson Emerson, circa 1850

Item — Box 1, item: 5Identifier: MS Am 2911
Scope and Contents:

Lidian Emerson in a shear veil wearing a crucifix, holding a book.

Painted portrait of a woman, circa 1850s

Item — Box 1, item: 10Identifier: MS Am 2911
Scope and Contents:

Photographic image of a painted portrait of an unidentified woman wearing a bonnet.

Portrait of Judge Samuel Putnam, circa 1840-1853 Digital

File Identifier: 2007M-33
Summary:

Comprised of the following: one oversized album of photographs primarily by A. H. Folsom of John Lowell homes, their interiors, and miscellaneous Lowell-related images; album of cartes-de-visite of Lowell, Putnam, and Lawrence family members, including Amy Lowell; daguerreotype of Judge Samuel Putnam; and daguerreotype of Sarah Putnam.