[Benjamin Silliman]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Benjamin Silliman]
ca. 1850
Daguerreotype
Image: 4 3/4 × 3 1/2 in. (12.1 × 8.9 cm) (1/2 plate)
Case: 6 × 4 3/4 × 7/8 in. (15.2 × 12.1 × 2.2 cm)
Purchase
1969.0201.0034
Inscriptions Entry 692 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Benjamin Silliman- famous American author & physicist. Yale professor. Teacher of S.F. B. Morse and Draper. Founded American Journal of Science & Arts (1818). Born Conn. 1779. Died 1864. Handsome 5x6 dag. with [?] gold mat. Paid only 5.00. Worth at least 10.00 or 15.00
