Title:
[Mr. & Mrs. J[ohn] T. Griffitts]
Date:
[ca. 1855]
Identifier:
DAG-0205
Format:
1 photograph : ambrotype ; sixth plate, visible image 2 1/2 x 2 in.
Content/Description:
Portrait of a man (left) and a woman (right) seated. Man has a mustache and chin beard, one arm across his lap, the other
on the arm of the chair. The woman has both hands in her lap holding a small case, probably a Union case for a daguerreotype
or ambrotype.
Image Package Note:
Original component parts: Plate, mat, preserver. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.
Case or Exterior Container Note:
Type: case. Motif: floral. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 3 ¾ x 3 ¼ in. Pad: embossed light-brown velvet.
General Administrative Note:
DAGUERREOTYPE-V: GRIFFITTS, (MR. AND MRS.) J[ohn] T.
Alternative Form:
Copy prints available for viewing filed in the Portrait File under "Griffitts, (Mr. and Mrs.) J[ohn] T."; accession numbers
2000-0250 and 2000-0251.
Negatives, No. 24,105a-c (4x5 in.) B/W, color, and color transparencies.
Subjects:
Young adults.
Women.
Men.
Griffitts, J. T.--Portraits.
Couples.
Pioneers--California.
Genre/Format:
Group portraits.
Portraits.
Ambrotypes.