Hand-colored reproduction of half-profile of a woman
Permanent ID:
5755Date:
circa 1855Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Reproduction of a drawing of a young woman's face in half-profile with flowers in her hair and around her neck, wearing a white bodice, hand coloring applied to the flowers, face, neck and shoulders, eyes, cheeks and lips. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Double elliptical with matte surface (mid 1840s - mid 1850s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with geometric design front and back, with a red velvet pinchpad, and red velvet cushion embossed with a floral design (1850s).Inscription:
(printed in blue ink): EDWARD T. STUART / 205 GLENN ROAD / ARDMORE, PENNSYLVANIA (pencil): This daguerreotype was found by me / at the Edwin Forrest Home, "Springbrook" / near Tacony, Phila. the old home of George / H. Stuart who sold the place to Edwin Forrest - / I was invited to look over old papers before / they were discarded and found this old / daguerreotype which was in the Forrest effects / several years ago. / E. T. Stuart / 12/17/33 (Note enclosed inside case)Format:
AmbrotypeDimensions:
Width: 6.9 cm, Height: 8.2 cm (image)Width: 2 23/32 in, Height: 3 7/32 in (image)
Width: 8 cm, Height: 9.3 cm, Depth: 1.8 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 23/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collectionRelated People or Organizations:
Stuart, Edward T. (was donated by)Edwin Forrest Home (relates to)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Ambrotype [sh85004169]
Photographs--Coloring [sh85101197]
Photographs--Coloring [sh85101197]