Elizabeth Graff (Murphey) Townsend and child ambrotype, 1859
Permanent ID:
5868Date:
circa 1859Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate on purple ruby glass; Seated woman with hair parted smoothly in the center with little crimped ringlets that fall low behind the ears, wearing a dark dress, with a whitework collar with fronts that do not meet, with a large brooch with a cameo of two figures at her throat, holding an infant in a short-sleeved white dress, color applied to both their cheeks. Preserver: Fancier with inward points at the corners (after 1858); with patriotic and military motifs of an American eagle in the top two corners, a rampant British lion in the bottom two corners, a U.S. flag crossed with a British Union Jack top center, a Liberty Shield at bottom center, a Liberty cap left center, and a scroll with a crown right center. Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Paper-covered wood-framed half-case embossed with a geometric design on the back, with a red velvet pinchpad (1850-60s).Format:
AmbrotypeDimensions:
Width: 7 cm, Height: 8.3 cm (image)Width: 2 3/4 in, Height: 3 9/32 in (image)
Width: 8 cm, Height: 9.4 cm, Depth: 1.1 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 11/16 in, Depth: 13/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collectionRelated People or Organizations:
Murphey, Elizabeth Graff (depicted)Townsend, Isaac (relates to)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Ambrotype [sh85004169]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]