Daguerreotype portrait of Elizabeth Brown Edmands Caswell (1817-1880), daughter of Thomas Edmands of Newton, Massachusetts. In 1835, she became the second wife of Alexis Seaver Caswell (1799-1877), of Providence, Rhode Island. Reverend Caswell served as president of Brown University, where he had been a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, from 1868-1872. The couple had…

Portrait of Elizabeth Brown Edmands

Description

Daguerreotype portrait of Elizabeth Brown Edmands Caswell (1817-1880), daughter of Thomas Edmands of Newton, Massachusetts. In 1835, she became the second wife of Alexis Seaver Caswell (1799-1877), of Providence, Rhode Island. Reverend Caswell served as president of Brown University, where he had been a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, from 1868-1872. The couple had no children.

Date

circa 1840s

Collection Number

CSPH

Dimensions

4 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in

Object ID

CSPH 049

Resource ID

4148

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.