Josephine L. Baker
Permanent ID:
5756Date:
June 24 1857Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Child seated on a chair beside a cloth-covered posing table, with hair parted slightly to one side and curled in small ringlets, wearing a patterned dress with a long plain waist, shoulder-baring neckline, and short sleeves, with whitework pantalettes frill showing, white knit stockings, and gaiters fastened with buttons at the outside. Preserver: Straight, narrow, embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with matte finish (ca.1850). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a geometric design on the front and a different geometric design on the back, with a gilded pattern trim on interior edge, a red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion with a floral design (1850s). Enclosed item: a lock of hair curled inside the enclosed note.Inscription:
(ink): Josephine L. Bakers / Hair / Taken off June 24, 1857. / aged 6 years 7 months. [recto] (pencil): J. L. (ink): Phene Bakers / Hair (pencil): 1857 [verso] (Enclosed note)Format:
DaguerreotypeDimensions:
Width: 7 cm, Height: 8.2 cm (image)Width: 2 25/32 in, Height: 3 7/32 in (image)
Width: 7.8 cm, Height: 9.1 cm, Depth: 1.7 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/16 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 21/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collectionRelated People or Organizations:
Josephine L. Baker (depicted)Lea (Baker), Anna Robeson (relates to)
Leaming, J. L. (relates to)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Photography of children [sh85101337]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Photography of children [sh85101337]