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Southworth & Hawes

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Southworth & Hawes was an early photographic firm in Boston, 1843–1863. Its partners, Albert Sands Southworth (1811–1894) and Josiah Johnson Hawes (1808–1901), have been hailed as the first great American masters of photography, whose work elevated photographic portraits to the level of fine art. Their images are prominent in every major book and collection of early American photography.

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Untitled (Self-Portrait of Josiah Johnson Hawes)

1865 · Albumen print, carte-de-visite

Image: 9 × 5.3 cm (3 9/16 × 2 1/8 in.); Mount: 10 × 6.1 cm (3 15/16 × 2 7/16 in.); Card: 11 × 8.5 cm (4 3/8 × 3 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Portrait of Girl)

1860 · Daguerreotype

8.1 × 6.9 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.); Open case: 9.5 × 16.6 × 1.4 cm (3 3/4 × 6 9/16 × 9/16 in.); Case: 9.5 × 8.3 × 1.8 cm (3 3/4 × 3 5/16 × 3/4 in.); Plate: 8.3 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Portrait of Seated Woman)

1858 · Daguerreotype

10.8 × 8.2 cm (4 5/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Open case: 12 × 18.9 × 0.9 cm (4 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 3/8 in.); Case: 12 × 9.3 × 1.6 cm (4 3/4 × 3 11/16 × 11/16 in.); Plate: 10.8 × 8.3 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Untitled (Eliza Bancroft Davis)

1856 · Daguerreotype

16.2 × 13.5 cm (6 7/16 × 5 3/8 in.); Open case: 18 × 30 × 1.3 cm (7 1/8 × 11 13/16 × 9/16 in.); Case: 18 × 15 × 2.2 cm (7 1/8 × 5 15/16 × 7/8 in.); Plate: 17.8 × 12.7 cm (7 × 5 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Untitled (Portrait of William Hickling Prescott and his Son)

1855 · Daguerreotype

16.3 × 13.5 cm (6 7/16 × 5 3/8 in.); Open case: 18.1 × 30.2 × 1.8 cm (7 3/16 × 11 15/16 × 3/4 in.); Case: 18.1 × 15.1 × 2.6 cm (7 3/16 × 6 × 1 1/16 in.); Plate: 14 × 10.8 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Untitled (Portrait of a Man)

1855 · Daguerreotype

16.5 × 13.5 cm (6 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.); Open case: 18 × 30 × 1.2 cm (7 1/8 × 11 13/16 × 1/2 in.); Case: 18 × 15 × 2.1 cm (7 1/8 × 5 15/16 × 7/8 in.); Plate: 16.6 × 13.4 cm (6 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Erastus Hopkins, Free Soiler)

1852 · Daguerreotype

21.3 × 16.3 cm (8 7/16 × 6 7/16 in.); Frame: 30.5 × 25.3 × 0.8 cm (12 1/16 × 10 × 3/8 in.); Plate: 21.6 × 16.6 cm (8 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Portrait of Three Children)

1852 · Daguerreotype

12.5 × 9.3 cm (4 15/16 × 3 11/16 in.); Frame: 29.1 × 25.5 × 4.2 cm (11 1/2 × 10 1/16 × 1 11/16 in.); Sight, plate: 14 × 10.8 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.)

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