Agnes Blackwell, before 1860

daguerreotype

PHOTOGRAPHS - DAGUERREOTYPES
before 1860
glass; velvet; wood; leather
overall (open): 3-5/8 x 6-3/8 x 1/4 in.; image: 3-1/4 x 2-3/4 in.

Daguerreotype; Agnes Blackwell, before 1860 (see Manuscript coll. 311); from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); photograph most likely of Agnes Blackwell, a longtime friend of Mears (he attempted to court her on many occasions, to which she continually declined); most likely sent with a letter from Blackwell to Mears, dated August 6, 1855, sent from Days Neck, Virginia; interior left side has a stamped velvet insert.

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