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Governor George Nixon Briggs of Massachusetts
Southworth and Hawes (American, active 1843–62)
about 1848–49
Medium/Technique
Photograph, daguerreotype
Dimensions
Image: 20.4 x 15.3 cm (8 1/16 x 6 in.)
Plate: 21.9 x 16.4 cm (8 5/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
Plate: 21.9 x 16.4 cm (8 5/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Southworth Hawes in memory of his father Josiah Johnson Hawes
Accession Number43.1390
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
Marks
U. r. plate maker mark: a "star". Unclear which one - possibly Spirit of Fact #9, #10, #11, #12 or #16.
InscriptionsVerso, in graphite: "Gov. Briggs of Mass"
ProvenanceEdward Southworth Hawes; gift to MFA December 9, 1943.