Historic New England

View of Harbor, Newport, Rhode Island

Harbor scene of Newport, Rhode Island, showing docks and buildings.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253732

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.029

Diptych portrait of elderly woman and man

Two portraits, one set into each half of the case: (left) elderly woman with lace bonnet and spectacles (right) elderly man with waistcoat. Caution: extremely fragile.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253733

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.030

Mother and son

Unusually informal pose, apparently of mother and son in outerwear. Taken by Senter B. Giddings.

Date: 1852

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253734

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.031

Sade Lowe, Susan Buttrick, Anne Buttrick, Sarah Oliver, and Elizabeth Lowe

Portrait of five women; three are standing with décolleté dresses; two are seated with high-collar dresses. Probably taken by Lorenzo G. Chase, active in Boston as an independent operator from 1846-1851.

Date: ca. 1848

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253735

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.032

Mrs. John Hubbard Stone (Eliza Jane Flint)

Mother with baby in lap.

Date: 1849

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253736

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.033

Woman and children

woman and girl (13), seated, with boy (9-10) standing between them; probably taken by Lorenzo G. Chase, active in Boston as an independent operator from 1846-1851

Date: 1854-1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253737

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.034

Six unidentified women

Portrait of six young women, perhaps a club or class portrait.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253738

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.035

Unidentified house and garden

Exterior view of an unidentified house and garden.

Date: ca. 1860

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253739

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.036

Oak Valley [Kansas?] House

Building with sign saying "Oak Valley House", possibly in Kansas. The building is surrounded by woods, and several people are standing on the porch near a fence.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253740

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.037

Eleanor, Annie, Mary, Collins, and Rosamond Warren (children of Dr. John Mason Warren)

Five children, ages 2-11, in a formal studio setting. One girl holds a hoop. Gift of Earle G. Shettleworth.

Date: 1851

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253741

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.038

Family with scenic backdrop

girl (2-3) her parents standing before a painted landscape backdrop; case [and image ?] made by John Plumbe Jr.

Date: ca. 1841

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253742

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.039

Man with polka dot cravat

Man with polka dot cravat, dark waistcoat and outer coat.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253743

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.040

Five unidentified boys

Five boys, approx. ages 9-11, arranged seated and standing around a bench. Possibly an academic portrait.

Date: ca. 1860

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253744

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.041

Samuel Curtis (1785-1876)

Man (60s) with white hair.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253745

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.042

Man with spectacles

Man with spectacles. (50s-60s)

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253746

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.043

Unidentified man holding top hat

Man (35-40) with dark cravat and coat, holding top hat.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253747

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.044

Unidentified man

Man(60s) with colored hair.

Date: 1840s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253748

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.045

Franklin Haven (1804-1893)

Man (40s) with dark cravat, coat and patterned waistcoat. Partnership of Albert Litch and J.A. Whipple, 1844-1846. See also D.2.047 and D.2.048.

Date: 1840s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253749

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.046

Franklin Haven (1804-1893)

Man in his 40s with curled bangs, dark cravat, coat and patterned waistcoat. Similar to D.2.046 and D.2.048. Possibly by partnership of Albert Litch and J.A. Whipple, 1844-1846.

Date: ca. 1845

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253750

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.047

Franklin Haven

Man in his 40s with dark cravat, coat and patterned waistcoat. Similar to D.2.046, D.2.047. Partnership of Albert Litch and J.A. Whipple, 1844-1846.

Date: ca. 1845

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253751

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.048

Charles Lee Fullam (?)

Mr. Fullam (Charles Lee Fullam?) as an old man. Great great grandfather of Fiske Kimball.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253752

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.049

Unidentified man

Man (40s) with dark cravat and coat.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253753

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.050

Bald man with spectacles

Portrait of a bald, middle-aged man with spectacles. Whipple, a leading Boston photographer, was one of the first to practice daguerreotypy in the United States.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253754

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.051

Unidentified man

Middle aged man with melancholic expression.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253755

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.052

James Sullivan Noyes

Man with beard and spectacles.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253756

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.053

Captain Edward Casey (?)

Captain Edward Casey with military uniform with left hand placed over chest beneath jacket.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253757

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.054

General Thomas Lincoln Casey

general Thomas Lincoln Casey with military uniform posed with arms folded across chest

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253758

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.055

Unidentified man

man (30); Whipple, a leading Boston photographer, was one of the first to practice daguerreotypy in the United States

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253759

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.056

Unidentified boy

Boy (12) with outerwear.

Date: ca. 1860

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253760

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.057

Unidentified man with top hat and gloves

A man (35), dressed in fine clothing and holding a top hat and gloves.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253761

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.058

Unidentified man with spectacles

Middle-aged man with spectacles.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253762

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.059

Member of Cutting family (?)

Man with expressive eyes, possible member of Cutting family. From the Sears collection.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253763

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.060

Unidentified man

Portrait of man in chair. Oversized frame; in extremely poor condition.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253764

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.061

Two women of Hurd or Codman family (?)

Two young women, probably of the Hurd/Codman family. Image by pioneer New York daguerreotypist, Mathew B. Brady, who later sponsored photography of the Civil War. Gift of John Codman Sr.

Date: ca. 1854

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253766

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.063

James Henry Jewett (Professor and Captain)

Jewett, professor (and captain?) as a young man, with black cravat, vest and jacket and seated on upholstered chair. Oversize case. From the Jewett House collection.

Date: 1840s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253767

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.064

Mary van Voorlis Robinson

mature woman with bonnet, brooch, lace collar, dark dress; bonnet and fabric which drapes over table tinted in pink; brooch and wedding band tinted in gold

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253768

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.065

Mary van Voorlis Robinson

mature woman with bonnet, plaid collar and brooch, dark dress, chain at midriff; probably half plate image

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253769

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.066

Men standing near fence

very damaged view of two men standing in front of a high fence, both wearing dark coats and dark top hats; man at right holds reigns of horse

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253770

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.067

Eight men at work

very damaged group portrait of 8 men at work [some holding rifles ?]

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253771

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.068

Pioneer Market

Damaged image of two-story brick building with sign "pioneer market"; three men and a horse at lower level; two men stand on upper balcony.

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253772

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.069

Seated man with dark jacket and pants

man (30s) [possibly member of Codman/Bradlee family] seated with arm resting on side table, with dark jacket and pants with pattern fabric; image by John Plumbe Jr., a maverick daguerreotypist who operated an extensive chain during the 1840s

Date: 1840s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253773

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.070

Harvard Men (John Quincy Adams and Theodore Chase)

Group portrait featuring four young men, probably from Harvard College, standing with top hats on the occasion of their graduation. Theodore Chase is second from right. Another man may be John Quincy Adams.

Date: 1853

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253774

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.071

Painting or engraving of a man

photographic copy of a painting or engraving depicting a mature man, possibly a member of the Codman/Bradlee family

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253775

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.072

Samuel Westcott, Abby V. Westcott, and Edward V. Westcott

Samuel Westcott (58) flanked by his children [?], Abby (11) and Edward (9)

Date: 1849

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253776

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.073

George Barr and Elizabeth Lawrence (grandfather and grandmother Barr)

George Barr with dark cravat, waistcoat and coat and holding top hat, seated next to Elizabeth Lawrence with dress, gloves, bonnet and dark velvet shawl with fringe on their wedding trip. From Barrett House collection.

Date: ca.1860

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253777

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.074