John Brown [photograph], 1856.

Photographer
Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891 [Browse]
Format
Visual material
Language
English
Description
1 photograph : daguerreotype, b&w ; visible oval image 9 x 6 1/2 cm. (quarter plate)

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    Compiled/​Created
    1856.
    Medium/​Support
    Silver-coated copper in case.
    Summary note
    Quarter plate daguerreotype portrait of John Brown attributed to John A. Whipple of Boston, Mass. The photo was apparently taken in Boston for Amos A. Lawrence after the Osawatomie affair (1856).
    Notes
    In the Massachusetts Historical Society Photo Archives.
    Binding note
    GAX copy: In custom maroon cloth clamshell box (28 x 23 cm.).
    OCLC
    37184572
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