William Howe
1850 · Ninth-plate daguerreotype
Image: 5.5 x 4.3 cm (2 3/16 x 1 11/16")
National Portrait Gallery
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Otis H. Cooley
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- Is PublishedPath D Subcohort3 Directory 2026-05-23· 100%✓
- Birth yearWikidata· 92%
- Death yearWikidata· 92%
- NationalityWikidata· 92%
- Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
- BiographyWikipedia· 88%
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- SmithsonianTier 1 · Institutional50%
About
Why this artist matters now
Otis Hubbard Cooley was an American daguerreotype photographer who ran a studio in Springfield, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. The studio produced portraits of poet Emily Dickinson and her sister Lavinia Norcross Dickinson, among others.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 50% · Updated 27d ago
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
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National Portrait Gallery
City of Westminster, United Kingdom
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