Porter, Noah, fl. 1850 Quarter plate daguerreotype in original gilt decorated leather case
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06184 Author/Creator: Porter, Noah, fl. 1850 Place Written: [New Haven?] Type: Photograph Date: 1850s? Pagination: 1 cased image Height: 11.9 cm, Width: 9.2 cm Order a Copy
A 1/4 plate daguerreotype. Youthful bust-length pose in academic robes. Porter was the president of Yale 1871-1886 and previously edited Webster's American Dictionary after the death of Chauncey Goodrich.
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