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Young woman with short ringlets
Young woman with short ringlets
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Young woman with short ringlets

Permanent ID:
6584
Date:
circa 1849
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Young woman, with a forelock of hair pulled back from the forehead to the crown, side hair in short ringlets covering the ears, wearing a snug long-sleeved dark dress with long, boned darts at the bodice front over the extreme, boardlike, straight corset, with a ribbon fitted around the waist and buckled at the bodice front point, the sleeves capped, and trimmed with whitework, a standing whitework collar with a small gilded brooch pinned at the throat, and a gilded ring on one finger. Preserver: Stiff & heavy, more golden (1847-50). Mat: Nonpariel with matte finish (mid 1840s to mid 1850s). Case: [none].
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 7.0 cm, Height: 8.4 cm (image)
Width: 2 3/4 in, Height: 3 1/4 in (image)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85035408]