Daguerreotype of Mary Ann Warren
date: label: Date made
content: 1850s
name: label: depicted
content: Warren, Mary Ann
label: maker
content: Warren, George K.
notes: label: Description
content: This beautiful daguerreotype by Boston-area photographer George K. Warren (1832–1884) is of the photographer's wife, Mary Ann Warren. The Photographic History Collection has a collection of letters, scrapbooks, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cartes-de-visites, cabinet cards, other paper prints, and a college yearbook by Warren. This collection documents important aspects of his career, the role of his family in supporting his career, and his role in the rise of celebrity portraiture.
label: Description
content: Pressed paper case (separated hinge); Mary Ann Warren, G. K. Warren's wife; portrait of seated woman in dark dress, lace collar, cameo at neck. Studio: Warren, 100 Merrimack St. Lowell (interior, on left;) Cond: Good; tarnish at edges under mat, weeping glass, corrosion on mat, Quarter plate.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Lowell
topic: label: Subject
content: Portraits
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1995.0231.139
label: accession number
content: 1995.0231
label: catalog number
content: 1995.0231.139
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Daguerreotype
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 10.795 cm