Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
Portrait of Mary Bancroft Trevett
Date(s)
- 1850 - 1860? (Creation)
Extent
daguerreotypes (photographs); cased photographs; 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Name of creator
Administrative history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a young woman, seated and facing to the left of the camera. She wears a dress with a trim around mid-torso and a white collar. Handwritten note enclosed with the image reads, "Mrs. Mary Bancroft Trevett - Daguerreotype taken in 1850s. Gift of Miss K. L. Trevett." A typed note on an index card reads, "Trevett, Mrs. Mary Bancroft. Picture from a Daguerreotype taken in the Fifties." Imprint on velvet lining of case indicates the photographer is McDonell & Co. in Buffalo, New York. Case is made of wood and leather.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
No Copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
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Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Cased photographs collection, Org. Lot 1414, Box 224, 0224S014, case interior