[Caroline Craft]
Photograph
[Caroline Craft]
ca. 1855
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image: 3 5/8 × 2 5/8 in. (9.2 × 6.7 cm) (1/4 plate)
Case: 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 in. (12.1 × 9.5 × 1.6 cm)
Purchase
1969.0200.0008
Inscriptions Inscribed in ink on silk pad inside case: Cousin to Charles Craft \ Caroline \ Craft \ Brooklyn \ N.Y.
Stamped on recto of brass preserver, BRC: J. GURNEY \ 189 BROADWAY
Entry 191 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Beautiful large daguerreotype, exceptionally clear, and beautifully tinted and jeweled. Taken on silver plate. Exquisitely shirred silk dress, lace mits, and velvet bonnet with lavender plaid ribbons on table. Lady is Caroline Craft—Brooklyn, N.Y. cousin of Charles Craft. Photographer is J. Gurney, 189 Broadway, N.Y. One of the best and most distinguished photographers of daguerreotype period. (1.50)
Stamped on recto of brass preserver, BRC: J. GURNEY \ 189 BROADWAY
Entry 191 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Beautiful large daguerreotype, exceptionally clear, and beautifully tinted and jeweled. Taken on silver plate. Exquisitely shirred silk dress, lace mits, and velvet bonnet with lavender plaid ribbons on table. Lady is Caroline Craft—Brooklyn, N.Y. cousin of Charles Craft. Photographer is J. Gurney, 189 Broadway, N.Y. One of the best and most distinguished photographers of daguerreotype period. (1.50)
