Frances Slocum
Permanent ID:
5904Date:
circa 1850Image Description:
Image: 1/4 plate; Daguerreotype reproduction of a painting of a seated barefoot older woman with hair parted in the center, wearing a patterned long-sleeved blouse cuffed at the wrists, a long skirt, and a dark shawl, with earrings in her ears. Preserver: [none]. Mat: Oval with sandy finish (late 1840s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a variation of the common "A Spray Of Roses" design (Plate 131 reproduced on page 121 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart) both front and back, with red velvet pinchpad and red velvet cushion embossed with a floral design (1850s).Inscription:
(ink on paper): Frances Slocum. / for account of life of / Frances Slocum, see bio- / graphical sketches / by Dr William H. Egle, / and John F. Meginness (Enclosed note)(pencil on paper): Stolen in Wyoming / Penn. by Indian (Scrap of original paper seal behind image package)
(pencil on paper): Wyoming / Miss Slocum (Scrap of original paper seal behind image package)
Format:
DaguerreotypeDimensions:
Width: 8.3 cm, Height: 10.8 cm (image)Width: 3 9/32 in, Height: 4 1/4 in (image)
Width: 9.3 cm, Height: 11.8 cm, Depth: 2 cm (case)
Width: 3 19/32 in, Height: 4 21/32 in, Depth: 13/16 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collectionRelated Person or Organization:
Frances Slocum, 1773-1847 (depicted)Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]