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Seated woman with a young child on her lap
Seated woman with a young child on her lap
Seated woman with a young child on her lap
Seated woman with a young child on her lap
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Seated woman with a young child on her lap

Permanent ID:
5816
Date:
circa 1854
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Woman with hair parted in center and smoothed over her head, covering her ears, wearing a floral printed dress with long belled sleeves with arm-hugging caps, white undersleeves, buttoned in the front, with a Jenny Lind collar and a brooch at her throat holds a young child, dressed in a patterned shoulder-baring dress, with bows at each shoulder, color applied to both their cheeks, and the child's dress. Preserver: [none]. Mat: Elliptical with sandy finish (late 1840s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a floral design on the front, and a scarce geometric design (Berg No. 5-81) on the back (the engraver's name PAQUET SC appears in the lower left corner and PHILADA in the lower right corner- listed as a die sinker in Philadelphia 1850-55 and as a die sinker with the U.S. Bureau of Engraving & Printing in Philadelphia in 1858), with a red velvet pinchpad and red velvet cushion embossed with a floral design (1850s).
Inscription:
(embossed): RICHARDS (Bottom of mat)

(pencil): Came from / Ann Cooke (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: 9.4 cm, Depth: 1.8 cm (case)
Width: 3 3/16 in, Height: 3 11/16 in, Depth: 23/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
Related People or Organizations:
Cooke, Ann (was donated by)
Paquet, Anthony C. (engraver)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Photography of children [sh85101337]
Photographers--Marketing [sh87001204]
Photographic industry [sh85101187]