[Bank Note, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts]
Clark was a marble cutter, a melodeon maker, and one of the earliest daguerreotypists in western Massachusetts. By 1843 he had become interested in counterfeiting paper currency by daguerreotyping banknotes and then engraving the daguerreotype plates to print new bills.
Artwork Details
- Title: [Bank Note, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts]
- Artist: Anson Clark (American, active 1850s)
- Date: 1850s
- Medium: Daguerreotype
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 19.1 cm (3 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. )
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, by exchange, 1998
- Object Number: 1998.47
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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