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[Eunice Fiske Durfee, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated next to table with tablecloth; large book on table] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Eunice Fiske Durfee, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated next to table with tablecloth; large book on table], [between 1842 and 1853] — historic photograph
[Eunice Fiske Durfee, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated next to table with tablecloth; large book on table], [between 1842 and 1853]. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

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Eunice Fiske Durfee is seated before a draped table with a large book resting on it, in this quarter-plate daguerreotype made between 1842 and 1853. The brass mat stamped with the name Cooley of Springfield suggests a small regional studio at work during the early years of photographic portraiture, when sitters had to hold still for long exposures. The picture later passed into the papers of the actress Minnie Maddern Fiske, wife of Eunice's grandson Harrison gray Fiske, which links this mid-century family likeness to a later theatrical household.

Created / published[between 1842 and 1853]
Medium1 photograph : quarter plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesCase: variant of Rinhart 131. Accompanying note: Eunice Fisk Durfee, mother of Jane Maria, the mother of Harrison Grey Fiske (Harry's grandmother). Stamped on brass mat: Cooley, Springfield. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1962. Forms part of: Minnie Maddern Fiske Papers, 1884-1932 (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsDurfee, Eunice Fiske,--1804-1853.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,290 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference184_Eunice_Fiske_Durfee_thr_1842

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