Mrs. A. A. Hoeflich daguerreotype, 1846
Permanent ID:
5642Call number:
3139Date:
circa 1846Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Woman seated at posing table, wearing patterned dress with the fabric flaring up from waistfront gathered panel pulled in by more gathers at the shoulder seams, with applied color (green), a white neck ribbon with a collar, fingerless lace gloves, and hair in below-shoulder ringlets with a braid high up and back on the crown of the head. Preserver: [none]. Mat: Nonpariel with sandy finish (1840s). Case: Paper-covered wood-frame embossed with a floral and bird design [similar to the common "The Hovering Bird, Variant" design, Plate 95 on page 102 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] on the front and a geometric design on the back, with gilded pattern on the interior, with a red velvet pinchpad, and red velvet cushion embossed with a relatively uncommon patriotic design (1850-60s).Inscription:
(pencil on back of item housing): CONSERVED: / JEANNE SMITH / 30 APR 1980 (Back of item housing)(pencil on paper): Mrs A. A. Hoeflich / from Salem / New Jersey / Born in 1824. / Died in 1912 / 88 years old / Buried in Masoleum [sic] / in Mt Morah / Cemetary (Enclosed item)
Format:
DaguerreotypeDimensions:
Width: 7 cm, Height: 8.2 cm (image)Width: 2 3/4 in, Height: 3 1/4 in (image)
Width: 7.9 cm, Height: 9.1 cm, Depth: 1.8 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 21/32 in, Depth: 3/4 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collectionRelated Person or Organization:
Hoeflich, A. A. (depicted)Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]