Artist
Josiah Johnson Hawes(American, 1808–1901)American, 1808–1901
Artist
Albert Sands Southworth(American, 1811–1894)American, 1811–1894
CultureAmerican
Titles
- [Martha Ripley Hawley and her Daughter-in-Law Harriet Tobey Hawley]
Date1850–1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsImage: 8 1/8 × 6 1/8 in. (20.6 × 15.6 cm)
Closed: 9 × 7 3/16 × 7/8 in. (22.9 × 18.3 × 2.2 cm)
Closed: 9 × 7 3/16 × 7/8 in. (22.9 × 18.3 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. Morris Photography Endowment and The Bayou Bend Collection, funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc. in memory of Michael K. Brown
Object number2015.405
Non exposé
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Provenance[…]; Estate, New York; Private collection, New York; [Helder Costa, Arlington, Massachusetts, 1987]; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Label inscribed in ink on verso case:
Martha Ripley who / married Truman Hawley / Harriet Tobey who married Truman Ripley Hawley - / Martha was mother-in-law / of Harriet
Martha Ripley who / married Truman Hawley / Harriet Tobey who married Truman Ripley Hawley - / Martha was mother-in-law / of Harriet
Two intaglio markings on the plate, a semi-oval shaped hallmark indicating the plate maker's mark: CHRISTOFL and to the left of the hallmark; CHRISTOFL printed again.
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1847–1851
Daguerreotype with applied color in leather case
2014.842
Albert Sands Southworth
late 1850s
Daguerreotype
2018.180
c. 1855
Daguerreotype with applied color in leather case
2004.1461
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
c. 1775–1790
Lead-glazed earthenware (pearlware) with cobalt decoration
B.77.2.21