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Woman in a shoulder baring dress with lace collar and plaid neck ribbon
Woman in a shoulder baring dress with lace collar and plaid neck ribbon
Woman in a shoulder baring dress with lace collar and plaid neck ribbon
Woman in a shoulder baring dress with lace collar and plaid neck ribbon
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Woman in a shoulder baring dress with lace collar and plaid neck ribbon

Permanent ID:
6147
Date:
circa 1848
Image Description:
Image: Seated woman, with hair parted in the center, covering her ears, and high on the crown, wearing a shoulder-baring dark dress with a fan bosom and long fitted sleeves, white undersleeves, and a detached white lace collar with a plaid ribbon attached, gilded rings on her fingers and color applied to her cheeks and lips. Preserver: Straight, narrow, embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with sandy finish (late 1840s). Case: Leather covered wood frame half case embossed with a scarce floral design (Berg No. 4-69) on the back, with a gilded interior edge trim and a red pinchpad (ca. 1850).
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 6.9 cm, Height: 8.2 cm (image)
Width: 2 23/32 in, Height: 3 7/32 in (image)
Width: 8.1 cm, Height: 9.4 cm, Depth: 1.0 cm (case)
Width: 3 3/16 in, Height: 3 11/16 in, Depth: 3/8 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes