Hannah Stokes Biddle daguerreotype, 1852
Permanent ID:
6580Date:
circa 1852Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman, with hair parted in the center and covered with a white daycap tied under her chin, wearing a dark dress with a low armscyes, and dark gloves. Preserver: Straight and embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Leather-covered wood frame embossed with rare The Fish and Grape motif [Plate 103 on page 107 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] both front and back, with exterior and interior gilded edge trim, red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion embossed with a geometric design (ca. 1854).Inscription:
(black ink on green linen tape): HANNAH STOKES BIDDLE (Tape adhered to exterior hinge side rails)Format:
DaguerreotypeDimensions:
Width: 7.0 cm, Height: 8.3 cm (image)Width: 2 3/4 in, Height: 3 9/32 in (image)
Width: 8.0 cm, Height: 9.3 cm, Depth: 1.8 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 23/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypesRelated Person or Organization:
Biddle, Hannah (depicted)Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85035408]