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Woman wearing a brooch and lace collar
Woman wearing a brooch and lace collar
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Woman wearing a brooch and lace collar

Permanent ID:
6605
Date:
circa 1859
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Head and shoulders of a woman with hair parted in the center, in loose waves around her face, wearing a dark dress with a wide whitework collar that does not meet at the front, with a brooch clasped at her throat. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Oval with matte finish and ornate (late 1850s). Case: Leather covered wood frame embossed with a common Thistle Motif [Plate 119 on page 115 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] on the back, with gilded interior edge trim, and a red velvet pinchpad (ca. 1858).
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 7.0 cm, Height: 8.2 cm (image)
Width: 2 3/4 in, Height: 3 7/32 in (image)
Width: 8.1 cm, Height: 9.4 cm, Depth: 1.1 cm (case)
Width: 3 3/16 in, Height: 3 11/16 in, Depth: 13/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85035408]