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Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Sarah C. Wright at 13 Years Old
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Sarah C. Wright at 13 Years Old

Artist Rufus P. Anson (American, ca. 1821 - 1869)
CultureAmerican
Date1858
MediumSixth plate daguerreotype
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number88.164
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a sixth plate daguerreotype photograph.

Label TextRufus P. Anson American, active 1850–1869 Sarah C. Wright at 13 Years Old, 1858 Sixth plate daguerreotype (silver plate photograph) Museum purchase 88.164 Exhibition History"The Portrait in America," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Jan. 26 - April 8, 1990. "20/20: Fashion in Photography," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Sept. 23, 1999 - Jan. 2, 2000. "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014.Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson. _The Portrait in America_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1990: pp. 7, 17.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Rufus P. Anson
1855
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Rufus P. Anson
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Rufus P. Anson
1851-1861
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2010.
Rufus P. Anson
July 1860
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Montgomery P. Simons
19th Century
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
1846
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
White
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
ca. 1855
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
ca. 1855