Daguerreotype of William Lloyd Garrison
- Medium
- silver amalgam, silver on copper photographic plates
- Genre
- Daguerreotypes
Styles
Tags
Abolitionist movementAntislaveryphotographymenU.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
About
A daguerreotype of William Lloyd Garrison in a case. In the portrait, Garrison is wearing a suit and glasses and looking off to the left. The exterior of the case is black with gold trim. The interior has embossed red velvet on the left side and the photograph inside a gold oval frame on the right. The glass over the image is heavily scratched. Stamped into the bottom left corner of the frame: "CUTTING & TURNER / 10 TREMONT ROW". And in the bottom right corner: "AMBROTYPE. / PAT. JULY. 11-54"