Daguerreotype portrait of Henry Harwood Key (1827-1889), son of Francis Scott Key, Jr., (1806-1866) and Elizabeth Lloyd Harwood (1808-1902). Key was a United States naval officer, commissioned Third Lieutenant on March 10, 1855. He resigned his commission in 1857. Key worked with the publishing house D. Appleton & Co., in New York, where he lived…

Portrait of Henry Harwood Key

Description

Daguerreotype portrait of Henry Harwood Key (1827-1889), son of Francis Scott Key, Jr., (1806-1866) and Elizabeth Lloyd Harwood (1808-1902). Key was a United States naval officer, commissioned Third Lieutenant on March 10, 1855. He resigned his commission in 1857. Key worked with the publishing house D. Appleton & Co., in New York, where he lived for many years with his wife and daughter, Helen Key Stone (1867-1851). He died in Mobile, Alabama, and was buried in Annapolis, Maryland.

Date

undated

Collection Number

CSPH

Dimensions

2 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in

Object ID

CSPH 076

Resource ID

4176

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.