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[Students from the Emerson School for Girls]

Photography Studio Southworth and Hawes American
ca. 1850
Not on view
The Boston partnership of Southworth and Hawes produced the finest portrait daguerreotypes in America for a clientele that included leading political, intellectual, and artistic figures. This full-plate daguerreotype shows the students of the most prominent school for young women in Boston, established in 1823 by George Barrell Emerson, second cousin of the poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. Although there are over thirty figures in this portrait, the subtle variations in posture, gesture, and facial expression-especially among the seated students in the center-create the impression of a group made up of vivid and distinct individuals.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: [Students from the Emerson School for Girls]
  • Photography Studio: Southworth and Hawes (American, active 1843–1863)
  • Artist: Albert Sands Southworth (American, West Fairlee, Vermont 1811–1894 Charlestown, Massachusetts)
  • Date: ca. 1850
  • Medium: Daguerreotype
  • Dimensions: 21.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Gift of I. N. Phelps Stokes, Edward S. Hawes, Alice Mary Hawes, and Marion Augusta Hawes, 1937
  • Object Number: 37.14.8
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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