Lyman Beecher (1775-1863)

Unidentified Artist

c. 1855

Whole plate daguerreotype

Fogg Museum

A daguerreotype portrait shows an elderly man with white hair and a receding hairline, looking to the right. He is wearing a dark jacket, vest, and a white cravat. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts