Girl with ringlets seated on a chair
Permanent ID:
5626Date:
circa 1852Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Head and shoulders of a girl with ringlets seated on a chair, with bare shoulders, wearing a patterned dress, with color applied to her cheeks. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Oval with matte finish (ca.1850). Case: Book-style leather-covered wood-frame with simple lined embossing [Possibly by H. A. Eichmeyer, as similar to Plate 41 p.43 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969). A brief biographical sketch of H. A. Eichmeyer on p.195] , interior and exterior gilded lines, with ornate hinged clasp, purple velvet pinchpad and plain ruby velvet cushion (1850).Inscription:
(pencil on paper): TREATED MAY 1980 / BY CATHY METZGER / UNDER DIRECTION / OF JOSE ORRACA (Enclosed item behind image package)(pencil on paper): conserved 1980 Univ. of Del. 80:19 (Enclosure)
Format:
AmbrotypeDimensions:
Width: 7 cm, Height: 8.2 cm (image)Width: 2 3/4 in, Height: 3 1/4 in (image)
Width: 8.2 cm, Height: 9.3 cm, Depth: 1.8 cm (case)
Width: 3 7/32 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 3/4 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collectionRelated Person or Organization:
Eickmeyer, Henry A. (Manufacturer)Library of Congress Subjects:
Ambrotype [sh85004169]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Photography of children [sh85101337]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Photography of children [sh85101337]