Daguerreotype of Harriet Lane. Full bust length view, facing right. Her hair is coiled and pinned back. She is wearing a dark jacket over a white blouse, with a white lace collar. Broach at her neck and long earrings are prominent. Gold matting around image. Image mounted inside of book-type case of black leather and red velvet inner lining. Two hook clasps.
This daguerreotype represents the earliest known image of Harriet Lane, niece of President James Buchanan. This likeness might have been photographed ca. 1845, Harriet Lane would have been about fifteen years old.
Reprint of a photograph of four people, identified as Harriet Lane Johnston, Henry Elliot Johnston, Maria Lois Buchanan Cassatt and Alexander Johnston Cassatt, c. 1860s.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.