A Bride and Her Bridesmaids
1851 · whole-plate daguerreotype
Image: 19.9 x 14.8 cm (7 13/16 x 5 13/16 in.); Case: 21.7 x 16.5 cm (8 9/16 x 6 1/2 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Josiah Johnson Hawes
1808
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Works in Collection
7
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1 cross-verified · 2 single-source
- Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
- NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
- LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%
Source Registry (1)
- SmithsonianTier 1 · Institutional90%
About
Why this artist matters now
Josiah Johnson Hawes (1808–1901) was a photographer in Boston, Massachusetts. He and Albert Southworth established the photography studio of Southworth & Hawes, which produced numerous portraits of exceptional quality in the 1840s–1860s.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago
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Artworks (3)
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3 published of 3 catalogued · 3 with image
- Cleveland Museum of Art2 published2 img
- Art Institute Chicago1 published1 img
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2 entries · 1 sources
- 1845 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1851 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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