Untitled (Copy of a Portrait of a Woman)
Artist
Jesse H. Whitehurst
(American, 1820-1875)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1850-1859
MediumDaguerreotype
Dimensions4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
Markings“WHITEHURST” embossed velvet, spread eagle motif with listing of six galleries.
Credit LineGift of Christina and George Kemp
Object number2018.43.51
Not on view
DescriptionCopy of a painting of a close-up portrait of Anne Blaws Hansford, 1760-1836. She wears a white bonnet in the 18th century style. The subject is identified by a slip of paper affixed to the back of the case as, “Anne Blaws Hansford, / Wife of / Dr. Phil Barraud, / Great, great / grandmother of / R.H. Burroughs.” Anne Blaws Hansford was the wife of Dr. Philip Barraud, 1757-1830, an early settler and physician in Norfolk and Williamsburg, Virginia. Worn leather case. Quarter plate.
1908
