Composite portrait of 6 faculty members at Princeton
University, ca. 1850. Quarter plate daguerreotype. Photographer, M.
P. Simons, Philadelphia.
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Composite Daguerreotypes
These two composite portraits of some members of the Princeton faculty
were taken during the 1850s.
It is surprisingly difficult to identify all of the individuals pictured
in these two group portraits. Of the six in the top portrait we can
identify these three: Stephen Alexander at the top left, James Carnahan
at the top center, and John Maclean at the bottom center. The man
at the bottom left may be John Torrey, and the man at the bottom right
may be either John T. Duffield or G. Musgrave Giger.
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Composite portrait of 9 faculty members at Princeton
University, ca. 1855. Half plate daguerreotype. Photographer unknown.
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Faculty identified in this composite portrait include President John
Maclean, at the top center, and Professor of Astronomy Stephen Alexander
at the bottom left. The man seen in profile at the center may be Alexander
Guyot or John Torrey.
continue with
discoveries made during conservation
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