Portrait of Laura Bridgman and Sarah Wight

Title:: Portrait of Laura Bridgman and Sarah Wight
Description:: Portrait of Laura Bridgman and her teacher, Sarah Wight, circa 1845. Color Print of daguerreotype scanned after conservation treatment. Wight stands at left with a shawl wrapped around her and spells into Bridgman's hand. Bridgman wears a dress with long sleeves with many pleats down the front. She wears a sash tied around her eyes and finger-less gloves. Note: print made at the NEDCC, 1992
Creator:: Northeast Document Conservation Center
Name on Item:: Northeast Document Conservation Center
Date:: [ca. 1992]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: color photograph
Location:: Perkins School for the Blind
Samuel P. Hayes Research Library
Collection (local):: Laura Bridgman Collection
Series:: Portraits of Laura Bridgman
Subjects:: Blind
Deafblind people
People with disabilities
Special education
Perkins School for the Blind
Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889
Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind
Extent:: 1 photograph
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/xd07m741h
Terms of Use:: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
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