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Catharine Bertha Mahon daguerreotype, 1852

Permanent ID:
5578
Date:
circa 1852
Image Description:
Image: 1/16 plate; Head and shoulders of a woman with a brooch at her throat. Preserver: Straight and embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with a sandy finish (late 1840s). Case: Paper-covered wood-frame with flat embossed geometric design, red velvet pinchpad, eggplant velvet cushion (not embossed) (post-1850).
Inscription:
(embossed): McCLEES & GERMON PHILA / COPY (Mat)

(Ink on paper): Catharine Bertha Mahon / born in Phila. Pa Oct. 1821 / Leading actress at the / Walnut St. Theatre 1852 / under the management / of Marshall [recto]; (ink on paper): Presented by / H.C. Wemyss / Jan.8, 1943 / no - 163 [verso] (Enclosed item)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 3.3 cm, Height: 4 cm (image)
Width: 1 3/8 in, Height: 1 9/16 in (image)
Width: 4.5 cm, Height: 5 cm, Depth: 1.4 cm (case)
Width: 1 3/4 in, Height: 2 in, Depth: 1/2 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
Related People or Organizations:
Mahon, Catharine Bertha (depicted)
Wemyss, H. C. (was donated by)
McClees & Germon (photographer)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]