[Quarter-Plate Daguerreotype]: Class Picture Students of the Hartford Female Seminary. Class of 1854[?]
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- SIGNED Hardcover
- Hartford, Connecticut: Bartlett Gallery, 1854
Hartford, Connecticut: Bartlett Gallery, 1854. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarter-plate daguerreotype. A multiple image showing 24 portraits of women from the Hartford Female Seminary. The image has been resealed and is housed in what is likely the original full leather case, with the name of the photographers, the Bartlett Gallery of Hartford incised on the velvet facing the image. A little tarnish at the very edges of the image, else very near fine.
The Hartford Female Seminary was established in 1823 by Catharine Beecher and was one of the first major educational institutions for women in the US. By 1826 it had enrolled nearly 100 students and implemented radical programs such as physical education courses for women. Beecher's sister, Harriet Beecher Stowe taught at the school beginning in November of 1827. From the estate of Henry J. Van Lennep. Other material from the estate indicated that one of the students in the daguerreotype (second row from the bottom, extreme left) was from the Bird family of Connecticut, and was likely from the class of 1854.
A remarkable image documenting an important and early school for women. We have seen an identical image of this group image, suggesting one was made for each member of the Class.
The Hartford Female Seminary was established in 1823 by Catharine Beecher and was one of the first major educational institutions for women in the US. By 1826 it had enrolled nearly 100 students and implemented radical programs such as physical education courses for women. Beecher's sister, Harriet Beecher Stowe taught at the school beginning in November of 1827. From the estate of Henry J. Van Lennep. Other material from the estate indicated that one of the students in the daguerreotype (second row from the bottom, extreme left) was from the Bird family of Connecticut, and was likely from the class of 1854.
A remarkable image documenting an important and early school for women. We have seen an identical image of this group image, suggesting one was made for each member of the Class.