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Woman holding a daguerreotype daguerreotype, 1857

Permanent ID:
6128
Date:
circa 1857
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with arm resting on a cloth-covered posing table, hand upon her cheek, displaying an open cased photograph in her other hand, her hair parted in the center in a padded wings style that covers the ears, wearing a lighter skirt and darker bodice with bishop sleeves and a wide whitework collar with a small gilded brooch at her throat, color applied to her cheeks, and gilding to a ring on her raised hand. Preserver: Straight and embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Nonpariel with matte finish (mid 1840s to mid 1850s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a grapes and leaves design on both the front and back, with a red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion embossed with a geometric design (ca. 1850).
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 6.9 cm, Height: 8.3 cm (image)
Width: 2 23/32 in, Height: 3 9/32 in (image)
Width: 8 cm, Height: 9.3 cm, Depth: 1.9 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 3/4 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes
Library of Congress Subjects:
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]