A Bride and Her Bridesmaids
1851 · whole-plate daguerreotype
Image: 19.9 x 14.8 cm (7 13/16 x 5 13/16 in.); Case: 21.7 x 16.5 cm (8 9/16 x 6 1/2 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Josiah Johnson Hawes
1808
WA-00112643
Photography
Representation
None documented
4
Institutional Exhibitions
3
Works in Collection
4
Assets Indexed
3
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
60%
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Authority Records (1)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1981
No image
Edward Steichen Photography Center
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
No image
Photographs from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1958–1959
No image
Photography 1839�1937
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1937
Field Verification (3 fields)
1 cross-verified · 2 single-source
- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- LocationArtsy· 85%
- NationalityArtsy· 85%
Source Registry (1)
- SmithsonianTier 1 · Institutional90%
About
Why this artist matters now
Josiah Johnson Hawes (1808–1901) was a photographer in Boston, Massachusetts. He and Albert Southworth established the photography studio of Southworth & Hawes, which produced numerous portraits of exceptional quality in the 1840s–1860s.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago
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Artworks (3)
Artwork sources (2)
3 published of 3 catalogued · 3 with image
- Cleveland Museum of Art2 published2 img
- Art Institute Chicago1 published1 img
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)
2 entries · 1 sources
- 1845 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1851 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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