[Two portraits of Sarah Allister McAllister Grant. Right plate: head-and-shoulders, facing slightly right. Left plate: full-length, standing in front of a building] – Historic Photograph Print
![[Two portraits of Sarah Allister McAllister Grant. Right plate: head-and-shoulders, facing slightly right. Left plate: full-length, standing in front of a building], 1843 — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d6/d6f69203008f-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Two portraits of Sarah Allister McAllister Grant. Right plate: head-and-shoulders, facing slightly right. Left plate: full-length, standing in front of a building]
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Two daguerreotypes of Sarah Allister McAllister Grant share one case: a head-and-shoulders likeness and a full-length portrait taken in front of a building. An inscription on the left plate records that it was made in 1843 at 45 Sansom Street by W.Y. McAllister, and a paper label on the case identifies the sitter. The left image has faded until it is barely visible, but the right plate remains clear, and both carry the same maker's hallmark, a cross in a circle with the numeral 30 in a rectangle. Sixth-plate daguerreotypes like these, kept in decorative cases, were treasured family keepsakes in the 1840s.
| Created / published | 1843 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 2 photographs (1 case) : sixth-plate daguerreotype. |
| Genre | Daguerreotypes 1840-1850.Portrait photographs 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Image on left plate is barely visible. Paper label attached to case: Sarah by W.Y.M., 184? Inscription on left plate: Taken in 1843 at 45 Sansom St. by W.Y. McAllister." Hallmark on both plates: iron cross shape in a circule; "30" in a rectangle. Purchase; Marion S. Carson; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:126). Case: cross design. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marion S. Carson collection (Library of Congress)." |
| Subjects | Grant, Sarah Allister McAllister,--1819-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,989 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 326_Two_portraits_of_Sarah_1843 |
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