Photographs
Title
Photographs
Subject
Atwood Collection
Description
Wooden frame
Velvet Grid
11 x 10 /12" with twelve 2 x 2 /12"
This collage represents the Atwood-Carlton family ca. 1864 with the exception of Sarah Lowell Carlton, who died in 1860 (see grid for IDs). It is within a wooden frame with twelve metal framed daguerreotypes surrounded by a velvet grid. At least four photographs were done by S. Shattuck of Lowell Mass.
The Daguerreotype was invented in 1839 by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre. They are a positive image on a copper plate, which was polished, often with a silver coating. The technology was succeeded by the less expensive Ambrotype and Tintype.
The dating of this collage was aided by the two cent stamps on the reverse. From 1864 to 1866, the US Government taxed photographs. The two cent stamp was for photographs selling for less than twenty-five cents.
Velvet Grid
11 x 10 /12" with twelve 2 x 2 /12"
This collage represents the Atwood-Carlton family ca. 1864 with the exception of Sarah Lowell Carlton, who died in 1860 (see grid for IDs). It is within a wooden frame with twelve metal framed daguerreotypes surrounded by a velvet grid. At least four photographs were done by S. Shattuck of Lowell Mass.
The Daguerreotype was invented in 1839 by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre. They are a positive image on a copper plate, which was polished, often with a silver coating. The technology was succeeded by the less expensive Ambrotype and Tintype.
The dating of this collage was aided by the two cent stamps on the reverse. From 1864 to 1866, the US Government taxed photographs. The two cent stamp was for photographs selling for less than twenty-five cents.
Date
Ca. 1860
Creator
JMH
Source
Donated by descendent Deborah Stein-Sharpe in 2008
Publisher
Westford Historical Society
Original Format
Daguerreotypes
Physical Dimensions
11x10 1/2" (Wood Frame)
2x2 1/2" (12 individual pictures)
2x2 1/2" (12 individual pictures)
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