RARE LOUISE DWIGHT SOUTHWORTH CDV PHOTO SOUTHWORTH & HAWES DAGUERREOTYPE MASTERS

Description

CARTE DE VISITE (CDV) OF LOUISE DWIGHT SOUTHWORTH, WIFE OF ALBERT SANDS SOUTHWORTH OF SOUTHWORTH & HAWES. Her name is handwritten in pencil on the back.
SIZE. Approximately 3 15/16 x 2 7/16 inches.
CONDITION. Photo: Horizontal crease from left edge to her upper arm. Light diagonal crease through upper left corner tip (part of a larger crease on mount). Small horizontal line to the left of her, above the table. Small spots and specks. Mount: Wear at corners. Light diagonal crease at upper left. Back has a few spots from foxing, a couple other spots, and light soiling.
APPEARANCE. Very good tones. Very good details. Beautiful lighting on her face. Lovely pose.
LOUISE DWIGHT SOUTHWORTH. Louise Dwight Southworth was born in Vershire, Vermont in 3/31/1818. She married Albert Sands Southworth on 11/2/1842. Albert Sands Southworth formed the famous partnership with Josiah Hawes. (source: The Graveyard website)
ALBERT SANDS SOUTHWORTH. "Fascinated by François Gouraud's demonstrations in Boston of Daguerre's new invention Albert Southworth, a pharmacist in Cabotville (now Chicopee), Massachusetts, went to New York in 1840 to study the technique with Samuel Morse. Within a year he had opened a daguerreotype studio in Boston with Morse's assistant, Joseph Pennell, who had been Southworth's roommate in preparatory school. When Pennell left the firm in 1843, Josiah Johnson Hawes took his place, and the celebrated nineteen-year partnership of Southworth and Hawes was born. The firm was known around the world for its aesthetic accomplishments and technical finesse." (source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art website)