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Mrs. Samuel Wagner (Emily Wagner)
Mrs. Samuel Wagner (Emily Wagner)
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Mrs. Samuel Wagner (Emily Wagner)

Permanent ID:
6127
Date:
circa 1855
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with one arm resting on a posing table, hair parted in the center, wearing a long-sleeved dark dress, cuffed at the wrists and buttoned up the front, with a wide white collar, and a brooch at her throat, color applied to her cheeks. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Oval with matte finish and ornate (late 1850s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a geometric design both front and back, with a red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion embossed with the photographer's name and address (1850s).
Inscription:
(ink on paper): "Ambrotype" of / Mrs. Samuel Wagner / (Emily [illegible] Wagner) / at the age of about 55 years. (Enclosed note)

(embossed on velvet): WILLARD / NO. 1628 / MARKET ST (Embossed on case cushion)
Format:
Ambrotype
Dimensions:
Width: 7.0 cm, Height: 8.1 cm (image)
Width: 2 3/4 in, Height: 3 3/16 in (image)
Width: 8.0 cm, Height: 9.2 cm, Depth: 2.0 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 5/8 in, Depth: 13/16 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes
Related Person or Organization:
Wagner, Samuel (depicted)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Ambrotype [sh85004169]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Photographers--Marketing [sh87001204]