MediumDaguerreotype, Brass Mat and Preserver
Dimensions2 3/8 × 3 3/4 in. (6 × 9.5 cm)
Donor credit lineGift of Mrs. Peter S. Grinnell (Mary Lou Martin) (1914-1995)
Object number1983.58.3.37
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionPortrait of a young African American girl seated in a three-quarter length straightforward pose. The brass mat is embossed with nationalistic imagery and the Civil War phrase, "The Union Now and Forever."On View
On view
Circa 1860
Circa 1860
ca.1850
Circa 1850
