Taken for Ramsay when going abroad in 1857, ambrotype

Permanent ID:
6659
Date:
1857
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Head a shoulders of a woman with hair parted in the center and smoothed down over the head with chin length ringlets covering the ears, wearing a dark bonnet with dark ribbons set back on the head and a dark dress with a white ruffled collar. Preserver: Straight and embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Leather covered wood frame embossed with a simple lined edge trim on the front and back exterior, with a gilded interior edge trim, a red velvet pinchpad, and a ruby red plain (unembossed) velvet cushion (ca. 1850).
Inscription:
(pencil on paper): Taken for / Ramsay / when going / abroad in / 1857 (Paper liner behind image package)

(embossed in brass): S. BROADBENT (Bottom left corner of mat)
Format:
Ambrotype
Dimensions:
Width: 7.0 cm, Height: 8.2 cm
Width: 2 3/4 in, Height: 3 7/32 in
Width: 8.0 cm, Height: 9.3 cm, Depth: 1.9 cm
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 3/4 in
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes
Related Person or Organization:
Broadbent, Samuel (photographer)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Ambrotype
Portrait photography--United States
Photographers--Marketing