Bust length portrait of President Zachary Taylor, in military uniform. Daguerreotype copy of a painting. Received misidentified as "James Hunter." James Hunter (1812-1840) was a brother of Lillie Hitchcock Coit's mother. He was a Texas pioneer and died there in 1840, early in life. He is presumably the James Hunter referenced in the misidentification. Coit's father, Charles M. Hitchcock, served in the Mexican War as a surgeon, and may thus have had a connection to General Taylor.
Title
[Zachary Taylor, from a painting.]
Published
ca. 1850-1854
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1929.002:006--CASE
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; sixth plate, visible image 7 x 5.6 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: some details hand colored in gold. Mat: textured rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">"Type: case. Motif: variants of Feathery Gold (front), sailboat "Susan" (back) (Rinhart no. 264 & no. 33). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.2 cm. Pad: brown velvet with embossed floral motif. Notes: feathered gold motif applied sideways compared to Rinhart example. "Susan" legible on sailboat banner."</physfacet>
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