Rebecca Clifford Pemberton portrait, 1856
Permanent ID:
5798Date:
circa 1856Image Description:
Image: Waxed, overpainted salted paper print, backed with white paper; Head and shoulders of a woman with hair parted in the center and worn in tight curls over her ears, wearing a black dress buttoned in the front, with a whitework collar, a gold and red brooch at her throat, with pink ribbons and white lace in her hair. Preserver: Straight and embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: [none]. Case: Plain Red-velvet covered oval case with push-button fastener and gray silk cushion.Inscription:
Rebekah Cliffon Pemberton (Enclosed note)(ink): Pennsylvania / Historical Society (Label adhered to verso of image package)
(ink): Ellis / Lewis (Label adhered to verso of image package)
(pencil): 18 (Inside case behind image package)
Format:
Salted paper printsDimensions:
Width: 7.6 cm, Height: 9.5 cm (image)Width: 3 in, Height: 3 3/4 in (image)
Width: 8.8 cm, Height: 10.6 cm, Depth: 1.9 cm (case)
Width: 3 15/32 in, Height: 4 3/16 in, Depth: 3/4 in (case)
Collections:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collectionPemberton family papers
Related People or Organizations:
Pemberton, Rebecca Clifford (depicted)Lewis, Ellis (was donated by)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Photographs--Coloring [sh85101197]
Photography, Handworked [sh85101282]
Photographs--Coloring [sh85101197]
Photography, Handworked [sh85101282]