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Miniatures (paintings)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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.

Portrait of Ellen Tucker Emerson

Item — Box 1, item: 14Identifier: 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...

Portrait of Lidian Jackson Emerson

Item — Box 1, item: 15Identifier: MS Am 2911
Scope and Contents:

Signed by Gerald S. Hayward.