Title:
[Mr. & Mrs. Willis Wright]
Date:
[ca. 1852)
Identifier:
DAG-0324
Format:
2 photographs : daguerreotype ; sixth plates, visible images 2 1/2 x 2 in.
Content/Description:
Two portraits. Left: waist-length portrait of a clean-shaven man. Right: three-quarter-length portrait of a woman with her
hands in her lap.
Case or Exterior Container Note:
Type: case. Motif: floral. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 3 ¾ x 3 ¼ in. Notes: double case with 2 image wells.
General Administrative Note:
DAGUERREOTYPE-V: WRIGHT, (MR. & MRS.) WILLIS.
Alternative Form:
Copy prints available for viewing filed in the Portrait File under "Wright, (Mr. & Mrs.) Willis"; accession numbers 1994-0247
through 1994-0252.
Negatives, No. 24,133a-i (4x5 in.) B/W, color, and color transparencies.
General Note:
Each image exhibits and unusual "halo" effect several millimeters in from the brass mats and following their outline. This
may be the result of a reaction to a prior cleaning.
Subjects:
Young adults.
Wright, Willis--Portraits.
Couples.
Women.
Pioneers--California.
Men.
Genre/Format:
Portraits.