Mary Louise Baker Lidgerwood Browne
| Sixth plate daguerreotype of Mary Louise Baker Lidgerwood Browne. Daughter of Charles Minton Baker of Lake Geneva. Taken in New York before her family journeyed to Wisconsin. She is in mourning dress, seated in an ornate wooden chair with her elbow resting on a table. Her hairstyle nearly covers her ears and is close fitted with a coronet of braid. Hand-coloring on cheeks and lips. |
| Image ID: | 106091 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1856 |
| Creator Name: | Gurney, J. |
| City: | New York |
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| State: | New York |
| Collection Name: | Cased image collection, circa 1839-circa 1899 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | cased images |
| Original Format Number: | PH 4195.80, Box 7 |
| Original Dimensions: | 2.75 x 3.25 inches |
| Stamped leather case. Burned velvet decoration inside cover. Oval stamped mat, installed upside down. Top left reads: "349 Broadway." Top right reads "J. Gurney." Jeremiah Gurney was a New York City photographer. one of the pioneering practitioners of the daguerreotype process, opening the first American photo gallery at 189 Broadway in 1840, and charging $5 for a portrait. He created remarkably detailed portraits, using to the full the remarkable tonal rendition of the process. He selected his clients from New York's society elite, calling them "Distinguished Persons of the Age." The quality of Gurney's portraits soon ensconced him as the finest daguerreotypist in Gotham. Gurney's photographic skills received numerous accolades, including a write-up in the Scientific American of 5 December 1846. The New York Illustrated News, in an 1853 article, wrote that his establishment at 349 Broadway "consisted of nine spacious rooms, devoted exclusively to this art." Gurney played a leading role in the training of the first wave of pioneering photographers such as Mathew Brady. Brady had been employed as a journeyman making jewelry cases for E. Anthony & Co., and also made display cases for Gurney's daguerreotypes. |
| Dresses |
| Jewelry |
| Chairs |
| Hairstyles |
| Indoor photography |
| Portrait photography |
| Women |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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