Daguerreotype portrait of Rebecca Ann Cushing (1814-1881), daughter of Joseph Cushing (1781-1852), President of the Savings Bank of Baltimore, and Rebecca Edmands (1782-1836). In 1835, she married John Wiley Edmands (1809-1877), a Massachusetts industrialist and politician who served as a United States Congressman in the mid-1850s. The couple had ten children: Amos Lawrence (1838-1909); Rebecca…

Portrait of Rebecca Ann Cushing

Description

Daguerreotype portrait of Rebecca Ann Cushing (1814-1881), daughter of Joseph Cushing (1781-1852), President of the Savings Bank of Baltimore, and Rebecca Edmands (1782-1836). In 1835, she married John Wiley Edmands (1809-1877), a Massachusetts industrialist and politician who served as a United States Congressman in the mid-1850s. The couple had ten children: Amos Lawrence (1838-1909); Rebecca Cushing (1840-1843); Joseph Cushing (1842-1879); Thomas Sprague (1844-1898); Abbott Lawrence (1846-1849); John Duncan (1846-1916); Wiley Sheldon (1848-1915); Frank (1849-1911); Farwell James (1851-1884); and Horace (1854-1914).

Creator

unknown

Date

undated

Collection Number

CSPH

Dimensions

4 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in

Object ID

CSPH 037

Resource ID

4133

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.