[Reverend Daniel Sharp]
Photograph
Southworth & Hawes
Maker
Albert Sands Southworth, American, 1811–1894; Josiah Johnson Hawes, American, 1808–1901
[Reverend Daniel Sharp]
ca. 1845
Daguerreotype
Image: 7 5/16 × 5 5/16 in. (18.6 × 13.5 cm) (whole plate)
Case: 9 × 7 × 1 in. (22.9 × 17.8 × 2.5 cm)
Purchase
1969.0200.0024
Inscriptions Inscribed on paper found inside case: As I remember, the Museum of \ Fine Arts, Boston, has this daguerreotype \ also. It is identified as Rev. Daniel \ Sharp.\ Charles Moore
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 543
Entry 543 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Handsome 5”x9” daguerreotype of Rev. Daniel Sharp, founder of Boston University, taken in Boston by [?] firm of Southworth & Hawes in early 1840’s. In fine leather case, gift of Britt’s. Daguerreotype plate $2.50. Complete in case it is worth $25.00
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 543
Entry 543 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Handsome 5”x9” daguerreotype of Rev. Daniel Sharp, founder of Boston University, taken in Boston by [?] firm of Southworth & Hawes in early 1840’s. In fine leather case, gift of Britt’s. Daguerreotype plate $2.50. Complete in case it is worth $25.00
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