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Annis Gilden Fitch daguerreotype, 1850

Permanent ID:
5586
Date:
circa 1850
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Woman seated with a posing table wearing a white lace bonnet and a pelerine cape. Preserver: Straight and embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with matte finish (1850). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame with embossed floral design front and back, red velvet pinchpad, teal velvet cushion embossed with geometric design (1850).
Inscription:
(ink on paper): Annis Gilden wife of / John B. Fitch / b. July 17, 1800 - Hartland, Conn. / D. Oct.31, 1869 - Brookfield. [illegible] [recto]; (pencil on paper): Charles Florus Fitch / 11/16/27 [verso] (Enclosed item)

(pencil): 1.00 (Case)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 6.9 cm, Height: 8.2 cm (image)
Width: 2 23/32 in, Height: 3 7/32 in (image)
Width: 8.2 cm, Height: 9.4 cm, Depth: 1.9 cm (case)
Width: 3 7/32 in, Height: 3 11/16 in, Depth: 3/4 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
Related People or Organizations:
Fitch, Annis Gilden (depicted)
Fitch, Charles Florus (was donated by)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]