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Daguerreotype portrait of Sarah Agnes Kummer (1830-1872), a Baltimore school mistress. Orphaned as a teenager, she became the governess to the family of Augustus Albert, Esq., of Baltimore, and later opened a succession of female academies in the city. She never married.

Daguerreotype portrait of Sarah Agnes Kummer (1830-1872), a Baltimore school mistress. Orphaned as a teenager, she became the governess to the family of Augustus Albert, Esq., of Baltimore, and later opened a succession of female academies in the city. She never married.

Portrait of Sarah Agnes Kummer

Description

Daguerreotype portrait of Sarah Agnes Kummer (1830-1872), a Baltimore school mistress. Orphaned as a teenager, she became the governess to the family of Augustus Albert, Esq., of Baltimore, and later opened a succession of female academies in the city. She never married.

Date

undated

Collection Number

CSPH

Dimensions

3 1/8 x 3 5/8 inches

Object ID

CSPH 305

Resource ID

17645

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.