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John Brown [photograph], 1856.
Photographer
Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891
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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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Special Collections - Graphic Arts Collection
Q-000297
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Abolitionists
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Brown, John 1800-1859
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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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