[Amanda McBriggs]
Photograph
[Amanda McBriggs]
ca. 1852
Daguerreotype
Image: 3 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (7.9 × 7 cm) (1/4 plate)
Frame: 5 × 4 × 5/8 in. (12.7 × 10.2 × 1.6 cm)
Purchase
1969.0201.0053
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on verso of case: 57
Inscribed in pen on verso of case: Amanda McBriggs born \ in Windham, [?] in 1794. \ Mother of Amanda C. \ Daniel Bowen and John \ McBriggs. \ Taken in West Winfield, \ in 1852 by D.B. and J. Mc \ Briggs in a traveling \ wagon which they \ worked in at that \ time \ Amanda McBriggs \ Died in 1884
Entry 57 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): 57. Beautiful large framed daguerreotypes of Amanda McBriggs (1794-1884) taken in 1852 in traveling dag. photog. wagon of her sons. Entire data on back of frame.
Inscribed in pen on verso of case: Amanda McBriggs born \ in Windham, [?] in 1794. \ Mother of Amanda C. \ Daniel Bowen and John \ McBriggs. \ Taken in West Winfield, \ in 1852 by D.B. and J. Mc \ Briggs in a traveling \ wagon which they \ worked in at that \ time \ Amanda McBriggs \ Died in 1884
Entry 57 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): 57. Beautiful large framed daguerreotypes of Amanda McBriggs (1794-1884) taken in 1852 in traveling dag. photog. wagon of her sons. Entire data on back of frame.
