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Woman with ringlets and large tortoise comb
Woman with ringlets and large tortoise comb
Woman with ringlets and large tortoise comb
Woman with ringlets and large tortoise comb
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Woman with ringlets and large tortoise comb

Permanent ID:
6579
Date:
circa 1847
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with arm resting on cloth-covered posing table, hair parted in the center and covering the ears with shoulder-length ringlets, a tortoise comb tucked in the crown, wearing a pattern-printed dress with long sleeves with whitework undersleeves, with shirred gathers at the waist, holding a nosegay in the hand resting on her lap. Preserver: [none] (pre-1847). Mat: Scallop with pebble finish (late 1840s-1851). Case: Leather-covered wood frame half case embossed with the Mixed Flowers, Variant design [Plate 137 on page 124 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] on the back, with interior gilded edge trim, and a red velvet pinchpad (ca. 1857).
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 6.9 cm, Height: 8.2 cm (image)
Width: 2 23/32 in, Height: 3 7/32 in (image)
Width: 7.9 cm, Height: 9.3 cm, Depth: 1.1 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 13/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85035408]