Frances Lea Smith daguerreotype, 1848
Permanent ID:
5732Date:
circa 1848Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Half portrait of a woman seated on a chair with her arm resting on a posing table, wearing a circular shaped white bonnet with a frill fastened inside the brim, tied in place with white ribbons, with a white lace collar and plaid neckline ribbon beneath, dressed in a dark silk shawl covering the elbows and fringed with dark silk ruffles, with long sleeves visible beneath and dark kid wrist-length gloves, holding a watch cord between her hands. Preserver: [none]. Mat: Octagonal with pebble finish (1839-mid 40s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a floral design (a variation of Berg Nos. 5-94 and 5-112) on both the front and back, with a red velvet pinchpad and a red velvet cushion embossed with a floral design (1850).Inscription:
Frances Lea Smith (Label adhered to cover glass)(stamped): FROM / H. STUDLE / Miniature Case / MANUFACTORY / Corner of Court and Howard Sts [paper pasted in to case upside down and text is seen in reverse] (Paper lining inside of case, behind image package)
Format:
DaguerreotypeDimensions:
Width: 7 cm, Height: 8.2 cm (image)Width: 2 25/32 in, Height: 3 7/32 in (image)
Width: 8 cm, Height: 9.1 cm, Depth: 1.7 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 21/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collectionRelated Person or Organization:
Frances Lea Smith, 1823-1876 (depicted)Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Photographic industry [sh85101187]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Photographic industry [sh85101187]