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Rosalie Spangh daguerreotype, 1850

Permanent ID:
5549
Date:
circa 1850
Image Description:
Image: 1/16 plate; Woman seated with bare shoulders, short sleeves. Preserver: Straight and embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with matte finish (1850). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame with pebbled finish (no embossing) with gilded lines in interior, with red velvet pinchpad, burgundy velvet cushion (not embossed) (late 1840s - early 50s).
Inscription:
(pencil): Rosalie Spangh (case)

McCLEES / PHIL (mat)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 3.5 cm, Height: 4.1 cm (image)
Width: 1 3/8 in, Height: 1 5/8 in (image)
Width: 4.5 cm, Height: 5.1 cm, Depth: 1.6 cm (case)
Width: 1 25/32 in, Height: 2 in, Depth: 5/8 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
Related Person or Organization:
Spangh, Rosalie (depicted)
(photographer)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]
Daguerreotypists [sh2008006903]
Photographers--Marketing [sh87001204]
Photographers--United States [sh93000984]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]