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Call Number:

PH-02737

Collection Name:

Jabez Hughes Photography Collection

Creator:

Hughes, Cornelius Jabez (1819 - 1894)

No. of Items:

2 items

Span Dates:

circa 1853

Description:

One cased daguerreotype, a portrait of a young woman circa 1853, by British photography Jabez Hughes (1819-1894).
964:0020:0061 -- 15.3 x 12.6 cm (half plate) (visible image); 16.3 x 13.9 cm (case)

One cased ambrotype, [Portrait of a woman]
964:0021:0003 -- 8.8 x 6.6 cm (3.5 x 2.6 inches) (quarter plate) (visible image); 11.9 x 9.1 cm (4.7 x 3.6 inches) (case)

Accession No(s):

964:0020:0061; 964:0021:0003

Location(s):

Curatorial permission required Gernsheim Daguerreotype Box 10 (964:0020:0061)
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Curatorial permission required Gernsheim Ambrotype Box 10 (964:0021:0003)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Hughes, Cornelius Jabez (1819 - 1894)
Title [Unidentified young woman, seated]
Date ca. 1853-1854
Medium Daguerreotype
Dimensions 15.3 x 12.6 cm; 6 x 5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0020:0061