Visual Materials
Portrait of unidentified woman wearing brooch
- Description
Brooch and earrings are hand-colored gold. Photographer: Marcellus Kertson, New York. Stamped on mat: "Kertson 421 Broadway. Cor. Canal St. N.Y." Date based on years photographer operated at this address. A paper illustration of Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad had been placed in the frame over the image; the ambrotype was found underneath.
- Date
- [approximately 1855-1856]
- Call number
- (photDAG 38)
- Provenance
- Acquired from various sources. Assembled into a collection by the Library from various sources. See finding aid for sources of individual items.
- Restrictions
- RESTRICTED. Items are fragile. Available with curatorial approval. Please view digital surrogates.
- Rights
- The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The copyright for daguerreotypes by Robert Shlaer (photDAG 116, photDAG 154) is held by Shlaer. For the rest of the collection, the responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
