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Daniel Webester

Southworth and Hawes (American, active 1843–62)
around 1851

Medium/Technique Photograph, daguerreotype
Dimensions Image: 19.4 x 14.6 cm (7 5/8 x 5 6/8 in.)
Plate: 21.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Henry L. Shattuck
Accession Number66.1066
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs

DescriptionCorners rounded at the top. In reverse of and slightly larger dimensions than an indentical daguerreotype portrait of Webester in the MFA coll. (43. 1402)
Marks L. l. plate maker mark: "Doublé/J.P." Spirit of Fact #9.
InscriptionsVerso, in graphite: "copy."
ProvenanceHenry L. Shattuck, Boston, MA; his gift to the MFA of December 14, 1966.