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Anna Robeson Lea (Baker)
Anna Robeson Lea (Baker)
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Anna Robeson Lea (Baker)

Permanent ID:
5766
Date:
circa 1852
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Head and shoulders of a woman with hair parted in the center and loosely curled below her ears, wearing a long-sleeved stripe-patterned dress with vertical pleats running down the front, with a Jenny Lind collar surrounded by a wide pale silk ribbon folded or tied elaborately at the throat, covered in a large, dark, patterned, sheer shawl, with light colored kid gloves to the wrist, and color applied to her cheeks, lips and neck ribbon. Preserver: [none]. Mat: Octagonal with pebble finish (1839-mid 40s). Case: Paper-covered wood-frame embossed with a floral design (a variation of Berg Nos. 5-94 and 5-112; it is "The Delicate Roses, Variant" Plate 124, page 118 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart) on both the front and back, with a red velvet pinchpad and a rose red silk cushion (ca. 1850).
Inscription:
(pencil): Mother / Anna Robeson Lea / (Baker) (Enclosed note)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 6.9 cm, Height: 8.1 cm (image)
Width: 2 23/32 in, Height: 3 3/16 in (image)
Width: 8.1 cm, Height: 9.3 cm, Depth: 1.6 cm (case)
Width: 3 3/16 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 21/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
Related People or Organizations:
Lea (Baker), Anna Robeson (depicted)
Josephine L. Baker (relates to)
Leaming, J. L. (relates to)
Joseph Lea, 1817-1899 (relates to)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]