"Sarah A. Mears, nee Goodsell", before 1860

daguerreotype

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

Daguerreotype; "Sarah A. Mears, nee Goodsell", before 1860 (see Manuscript coll. 311); from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); photograph of Sarah A. Mears, the second wife of Captain Richard C. Mears; photograph housed in a leather bound folding case; on the left interior side of the case is a red stamped velvet insert; in photograph, Sarah is sitting posed, wearing a hat and holding an umbrella/parisol across her lap, while there is a scenic backdrop behind her; handwritten on a sheet of paper attached to bottom of image "Sarah A. Mears, nee Goodsell".

2005.34.129