William Hoxie
date: label: date made
content: 1845-03
notes: label: Description
content: Half-length portrait of seated man, leaning on table with books, wearing frock coat & waistcoat, holding cane. Matted & cased. Paper case has red silk lining with "March, 1845,S..bolt" writtenn on it. Case cover is damaged. Note in case reads "This is a portrait of Wm. Hoxie, uncle of Gen. Hoxie of the Civil War. When in 1950 Mrs. Ruth Norcross Hoxie, the second wife of Gen. Hoxie dismantled her house this came into my possession. My friend Mrs. Hoxie gave me the information. The first wife of Gen. Hoxie was Vinnie Reams, the sculptor. This early picture is to be given to the Smithsonian for safe keeping. Iva Etta Sullivan. Nov.16,1950"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Portraits
label: Subject
content: Men
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.67.108
label: catalog number
content: 67.108
label: accession number
content: 270867
objectType: label: Object Name
content: daguerreotype
label: Object Name
content: Photograph
label: Other Terms
content: Photograph; Photograph; Daguerreotype
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, copper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 cm x 8 cm x 1.5 cm; 3 17/32 in x 3 5/32 in x 19/32 in