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Seated woman holding spectacles with standing child daguerreotype, 1855

Permanent ID:
5590
Date:
circa 1855
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman and child; Woman wearing white bonnet, and lace collar, with watch chain, holding spectacles; Child wearing lace collar, appears cross-eyed. Preserver: Straight, narrow, embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Double elliptical with matte surface (mid 1840s - mid 1850s). Case: Paper-covered wood-frame embossed with floral design on front and geometric design on back with gilded pattern on exterior and interior, red velvet pinchpad, eggplant velvet cushion embossed with a relatively uncommon patriotic eagle design (1850-60s).
Inscription:
(ink on paper): presented by / Mrs. Newbold / & Mrs. Poor / thro' Mrs. H. L. Carson / May 28. 1913 (Enclosed item)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 6.9 cm, Height: 8.2 cm (image)
Width: 2 23/32 in, Height: 3 1/4 in (image)
Width: 7.8 cm, Height: 9.1 cm, Depth: 1.2 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/16 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 11/16 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
Related People or Organizations:
Newbold (was donated by)
Poor (was donated by)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Photography of children [sh85101337]