Daguerreotype of a man, identified as Charles Denison (1790-1863), in a nonpareil brass mat and brass preserver in a case

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Description

Title: Daguerreotype of a man, identified as Charles Denison (1790-1863), in a nonpareil brass mat and brass preserver in a case
Creator: From the Collection: Meserve, Frederick Hill, 1865-1962
Contributor: From the Collection: Kunhardt, Dorothy, 1901-1979
From the Collection: Kunhardt, Peter W.
From the Collection: Kunhardt, Peter W., Jr., 1982-
From the Collection: Kunhardt, Philip B., Jr., 1928-2006
From the Collection: Kunhardt, Philip B., III, 1951-
From the Collection: Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation
Published / Created: circa 1852
Description: Full leather case with a silk pad Accompanied by material found under the image package including a clipping of the death announcement for Charles Denison on April 4, 1863, and his funeral at the Church of the Incarnation on April 6, from the New York Times, published on April 5, 1863 Accompanied by a note by Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt Meserve Number MES30142
Provenance: Purchased from MKF Funding, Llc, Peter W. Kunhardt and Philip B. Kunhardt, III, on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund and with a gift from the Rice Family Foundation, 2015. Gift of Peter W. Kunhardt and Philip B. Kunhardt, III, 2015.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

GEN MSS 1430

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Container / Volume

Box 47, folder 839

Access: Public
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Citation: Meserve-Kunhardt Collection. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.