- Photograph by
- Cutting & Turner, American
- Subject of
- Garrison, William Lloyd, American, 1805 - 1879
- Owned by
- Garrison, George Thompson, American, 1836 - 1904
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Medium
- silver amalgam, silver on copper photographic plates
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 3 11/16 × 3 5/16 × 3/8 in. (9.4 × 8.4 × 1 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 3 11/16 × 6 5/8 × 3/8 in. (9.4 × 16.8 × 1 cm)
- Description
- 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"
- Place made
- 10 Tremont Row, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Type
- daguerreotypes
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Garrison Family in memory of George Thompson Garrison
- Object number
- 2014.115.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.