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Catherine Norton Sinclair Forrest daguerreotype, 1846

Permanent ID:
6362
Date:
circa 1846
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with hair parted in the center, covering her ears and pulled back low on the crown, wearing a light blue dress with front bodice fullness with unpressed pleats running back over the shoulders, controlled with bands of shirred gathers at waistfront, wide white collar, a necklace around her neck, and a vase of flowers behind her arm, color applied to her dress and the flowers. Preserver: [none] (pre-1843). Mat: Oval with sandy finish (late 1840s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a common "M. B. Brady - Lyre" (Berg No. 4-44) design on the front, with a plain (unembossed) back, a red velvet pinchpad, and a rose red silk cushion (1839-49).
Inscription:
(embossed on leather): M. B. BRADY / CASE MAKER. N.Y. (Front exterior of case)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 6.9 cm, Height: 8.2 cm (image)
Width: 2 23/32 in, Height: 3 7/32 in (image)
Width: 8.0 cm, Height: 9.1 cm, Depth: 1.7 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 21/32 in (case)
Collection:
Edwin Forrest Home records
Related Person or Organization:
Sinclair Forrest, Catherine Norton (depicted)