Unidentified Photographer

TITLE ON OBJECT: Mr. George James Webb, Mrs. Webb, Mary Isabella Webb, Caroline Elizabeth Webb.

ca. 1845
daguerreotype
16.6 x 21.6 cm., full plate
Museum Purchase
GEH NEG: 29344
79:3297:0001

OLD GEH NUMBER: 4956

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Hirsch, Robert. --Seizing the Light: A History of Photography.-- New York: McGraw Hill, 1999. pg. 43.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 69.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"American Photography: 1839-1900", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, September 29, 1989 - January 7, 1990.//
"Secrets of the Dark Chamber: The Art of the American Daguerreotype", US, DC, Washington, National Museum of American Art, June 30 - October 29, 1995.//

INSCRIPTION: verso (handwritten in ink) "Mr. George Webb Mrs. Webb (wife) Mary Isabella Webb Caroline Elizabeth Webb } daughters."

NOTES: Catalogued 9/88, SB.

SUBJECTS:
portrait, group
portrait, ident / Webb, Mary Isabella
portrait, female / Webb, Caroline Elizabeth
personage, musician / Webb, George James