Ellen M. Munsell, before 1866

ambrotype

PHOTOGRAPHS - AMBROTYPES
before 1866
paper; leather; velvet; glass
overall (open): 4-3/4 x 6-1/2 x 3/4 in.; image: 3-1/4 x 2-3/4 in.

Ambrotype; Ellen M. Munsell, before 1866 (see Manuscript coll. 311); from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); photograph of Ellen M. Munsell, the first wife of Captain Richard C. Mears; photograph is inside of a leather bound folding case; on what was the left inner side of the case is a stamped velvet inset; hand tinted cheeks and jewelery?; printed on bottom on piece of paper "Ellen M. Munsell".

2005.34.126