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Cassius Marcellus Clay
Southworth and Hawes (American, active 1843–62)
about 1850
Medium/Technique
Photograph, daguerreotype, hand tinted by Mrs Hawes
Dimensions
Image: 21.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Framed: 34.2 x 29 x 3.5 cm (13 7/16 x 11 7/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Framed: 34.2 x 29 x 3.5 cm (13 7/16 x 11 7/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Landon T. Clay
Accession Number2004.2252
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
DescriptionCopy, by Southworth and Hawes, of daguerreotype now in SPNEA collection
Marks
U. l. plate maker mark, Spirit of Fact #4.
InscriptionsBoard, verso in graphite: "C. M. Clay/to Rus[sia]/Minist[er] -antislavery" [?]/11942 [?]. According to Lavinia Clay (11/10/04), Cassius Marcellus Clay was appointed minister (=ambassador) to Russia by President Lincoln.
Frame, in iron gall ink: "Made at Southworth & Hawes, 5 1/2 Tremont Row, Boston."
Frame, in iron gall ink: "Made at Southworth & Hawes, 5 1/2 Tremont Row, Boston."
ProvenanceBy inheritance within the family of the sitter to Landon T. Clay, Peterborough, NH; 2004, year-end gift of Landon T. Clay to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 23, 2005)