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Call Number:

PH-02734

Collection Name:

Carl Ferdinand Stelzner Photography Collection

Creator:

Stelzner, Carl Ferdinand, ca. 1805-1894 (1805 ca. - 1894)

No. of Items:

1 photograph

Span Dates:

circa 1843

Description:

One daguerreotype by photography Carl Ferdinand Stelzer (ca. 1805-1894).

964:0020:0099 -- [Portrait of Mathilde von Braunschweig, Caroline Stelzner, and Anne Henriette Reimers], circa 1843. Daguerreotype in passe-partout housing, 7 x 6 cm (sixth plate) (visible image). Group of three ladies, right to left: Mathilde von Braunschweig, "Tante" Caroline Stelzner (Stelzner's first wife), Frl. Anne Henriette Reimers (Stelzner's second wife whom he married in 1849). Octagonal paper mat in passe-partout housing. Per Gernsheim: presented by Mrs. Renger-Patzsch, whose grandmother was Frau von Braunschweig.

Location(s):

Curatorial permission required Gernsheim Daguerreotype Box 06 (964:0020:0099)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Stelzner, Carl Ferdinand, ca. 1805-1894 (1805 ca. - 1894)
Title [Portrait of three European gentlewomen--Mathilde von Braunschweig, Caroline Stelzner, and Anne Henriette Reimers]
Date circa 1843
Medium Daguerreotype
Dimensions 7.1 x 6 cm; 2 4/5 x 2 2/5 in (notched corners)
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0020:0099