Martha Webster Seaver

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1853-09-06

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-4 [Drawer 36 in old database]

GUSN

GUSN-253790

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Description

Martha Webster Seaver at age 19, when she married Wlater Herbert Cowing. Her scarf is tinted pink. Gift of Mrs. George D. Latimer.

Details

Descriptive Terms

women (female humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
portraits
portrait format
busts (figures)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

(encl) martha webster seaver at 19 when m. walter herbert cowing september 6 1853

Additional Identification Number

DagID 136

Physical Descrption

1 daguerreotype

Collection Code

PC005

Collection Name

Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

Reference Code

PC005.D04.012

Image Dimensions

4 1/2 x 3 3/8 (HxW)(inches)

Dimensions

4 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 5/8 (HxWxD)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. George D. Latimer

Record Details

Material Type

daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-4 [Drawer 36 in old database]

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