Woman in Mourning Attire

Date1850s

attributed to John Adams Whipple (American, 1822 - 1891)

CultureAmerican

MediumWhole-plate daguerrotype in oversized case and housing

DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (24.1 × 24.1 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, gift of Mrs. Frederick Ferris Thompson, by exchange

On View

Not on view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

BibliographyLombino, Mary-Kay. Shape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, 2019, p. 31 ; Burns, Stanley B. 'Mirror, Mirror: The Burns Collection Daguerreotypes'. New York: The Burns Archive, 2012, plate 83; Lombino, Mary-Kay, "Shape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, September 20 - December 15, 2019," (Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center), 2019. ProvenanceStanley B. Burns, M.D. and the Burns Archive

Vassar Exhibitions

Shape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

Exhibition HistoryShape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 20 - December 15, 2019

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