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Preview image of work. sixth-plate daguerreotype,  Joshua Hovey, Shoemaker and Grocer, of Dracut and Lowell, Massachusetts 38456
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2019.37

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Joshua Hovey, Shoemaker and Grocer, of Dracut and Lowell, Massachusetts

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Artist

Artist Unidentified (American)

Title

Joshua Hovey, Shoemaker and Grocer, of Dracut and Lowell, Massachusetts

Creation Date

ca. 1847

Century

mid-19th century

Dimensions

3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 1/2 in. (9.53 x 8.26 x 1.27 cm)

Classification

Photographs

Creation Place

North America, United States

Medium and Support

sixth-plate daguerreotype

Credit Line

Museum Purchase, Gridley W. Tarbell II Fund

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

2019.37

Occupational daguerreotypes, popular during the 1840s and 1850s, typically depict American tradespeople, such as cobblers, carpenters, and blacksmiths, with the tools of their trade or goods that they have made. This daguerreotype references itinerancy and peddling in different ways. The unidentified photographer may have traveled throughout New England with his camera, making and selling his photographs. The subject, Joshua Hovey, was himself a man on the move, a shoemaker, grocer, and merchant willing to bring his services to towns along the Merrimack River. In the 1820s and 1830s, Porter operated along many of the same geographical networks as Hovey, selling miniature portraits and developing commercial plans for his various inventions.

Additional Media

Additional Image recto; overall in frame
recto; overall in frame
Additional Image closed; front
closed; front
Additional Image closed; back
closed; back