Title:
[Mr. & Mrs. Gideon Hawley Crocker (Ellen Harmon)]
Date:
[between 1855 and 1860]
Identifier:
DAG-0168
Format:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; quarter plate, visible image 3 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.
Content/Description:
Seated portrait of woman and man; woman in dress with white collar, broad bell sleeves; man with beard, no mustache, dressed
in suit with vest and tie, right arm behind woman.
Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material:
Stamped on back of case: H.A. Eickmeyer, Patent Feb. 27, 1855.
Image Package Note:
Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: tinted (slightly hand colored). Mat: decorative oval.
Preserver: decorative.
Case or Exterior Container Note:
Type: case. Motif: geometric, book style. Material: leather (pigskin) over wood. Dimensions: 4 ¾ x 3 ¾ in. Pad: purple velvet.
Notes: H.A. Eickmeyer, Patent Feb. 27, 1855. Case unhinged.
General Administrative Note:
DAGUERREOTYPE-V: CROCKER, MR. & MRS. GIDEON HAWLEY (ELLEN HARMON) C
Alternative Form:
Copy prints available for viewing filed in the Portrait File under "Crocker, (Mr. & Mrs.) Gideon Hawley and Ellen Harmon";
accession numbers 1994-0118 and 1994-0119.
Negatives, No. 24,098a-d (4x5 in.) B/W, color, and color transparencies.
Subjects:
Harmon, Ellen--Portraits.
Pioneers--California.
Couples.
Women.
Men.
Genre/Format:
Portraits.
Group portraits.
Daguerreotypes.