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Mrs. Anne Slifer
Mrs. Anne Slifer
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Mrs. Anne Slifer

Permanent ID:
6613
Date:
circa 1858
Image Description:
Image: 1/9 plate on red ruby glass; Seated woman, hair parted in the center and smoothed down over the head, small puffs covering the ears, with an arm resting on cloth-covered posing table, wearing a dark dress with a yoke and fullness over the bosom, buttons up the front, and long bishop sleeves gathered above the elbows and again into plain cuffs, with a wide whitework collar and a brooch at the throat, color applied to her cheeks. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Nonpariel with matte finish (mid 1840s to mid 1850s). Case: Paper and leather covered wood frame embossed with a geometric design both front and back, with a red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion embossed with a scrollwork design (1850s).
Inscription:
(pencil on paper): Mrs. Anne Slifer / aunt of / Mrs Mary Appleman (Enclosed note pinned to case cushion)
Format:
Ambrotype
Dimensions:
Width: 5.0 cm, Height: 6.3 cm (image)
Width: 1 31/32 in, Height: 2 1/2 in (image)
Width: 6.0 cm, Height: 7.2 cm, Depth: 1.9 cm (case)
Width: 2 3/8 in, Height: 2 27/32 in, Depth: 3/4 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes
Related Person or Organization:
Slifer, Anne (depicted)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Ambrotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85004169]
Portrait photography--United States [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh2010107725]