Juliana Gouveneur Wharton photograph, 1850
Permanent ID:
5958Date:
circa 1850Image Description:
Image: Seated woman dressed in a long-sleeved garment with a white fur wrap, wearing a white daycap set back on the head, hair parted in the center, wide blue ribbons down her front, and black gloves, color applied to her eyes, cheeks, lips, ribbons, and gloves. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Double elliptical, more ornate (1850s onwards). Case: Plain (unembossed) leather-covered wood-frame with push-button fastener and metal hinges, plum pinchpad and plain (unembossed) purple velvet cushion (circa 1850).Inscription:
(ink on paper): My grandmother - Juliana / Gouveneur Wharton of Phila (Enclosed note)(pencil on 1-ply board): 5-25-82 / 1. glass washed / 2. paper gasket put between / matt [sic] and photo. / Laurent Sozzani / Winterthur / Conservation / Program. (Enclosed note)
(pencil): Mrs. J. R. Wharton / age 71 / AW (Back of image package)
Format:
Salted paper printsDimensions:
Width: 10.7 cm, Height: 14 cm (image)(image)
Width: 12 cm, Height: 15.1 cm, Depth: 2.1 cm (case)
, Depth: 27/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collectionRelated Person or Organization:
Wharton, Juliana Gouveneur (depicted)Library of Congress Subjects:
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Photographs--Coloring [sh85101197]
Photographs--Coloring [sh85101197]