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Description
Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: decorative oval, with floral motif. Preserver: decorative. Type: case. Motif: bird. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 3 ¾ x 3 ¼ in. Pad: embossed red velvet. DAGUERREOTYPE-V: GALLUP, MARY ELLEN Copy prints available for viewing filed in the Portrait File under "Gallup, Mary Ellen"; accession numbers 1994-0144 through 1994-0146. Also have later portrait (ca. 1879) in Portrait File, accession number 2000-0252. Negatives, No. 24,104a-d (4x5 in.) B/W, color, and color transparencies.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : daguerreotype, tinted ; sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2 1/2 in.
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