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James Curtis Waldo and his wife, Margaret Mary Woods
Christofleca. 1860
The Historic New Orleans Collection
New Orleans, United States
Half plate daguerreotype portrait of James Curtis Waldo and his wife, Margaret Mary Woods. Waldo was a prominent writer and journalist who was born in Illinois in 1835 and died in New Orleans in 1901. He is best known for his poems published under the name "Tim Linkenwater." The daguerreotype is housed in an ornate gold mat and frame. When removed from its frame in 1989 for conservation, it was discovered that the back of the plate had a Christofle platemark with scales.
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Details
- Title: James Curtis Waldo and his wife, Margaret Mary Woods
- Creator: Christofle
- Date Created: ca. 1860
- Physical Dimensions: 4 7/8" x 3 7/8"
- Type: daguerreotypes (photographs); group portraits
- Rights: Physical rights are retained by The Historic New Orleans Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws.
- Medium: silver (metal); copper (metal); metal; wood (plant material); gold alloy; glass (material)
- Art Form: Photography
- Support: Half plate daguerreotype; daguerreotype (process)
- Depicted Person: J. Curtis Waldo
- Original Title: James Curtis Waldo and his wife, Margaret Mary Woods
- Credit Line: The Historic New Orleans Collection
- Accession Number: 1982.198
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