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Mrs. Susan Bradshaw
Mrs. Susan Bradshaw
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Mrs. Susan Bradshaw

Permanent ID:
6622
Date:
circa 1859
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate on red ruby glass; Seated woman with arm resting on posing table, with hair parted in the center and smoothed down over the head behind the ears, wearing a dress with bishop sleeves and a darted bodice front and front closure, with a wide flat whitework collar, and a small gilded brooch at her throat. Preserver: Fancier with inward points at the corners (after 1858). Mat: Oval with matte finish and ornate (late 1850s). Case: Paper covered wood frame embossed with the common The Hovering Bird, Variant design [Plate 95 on page 102 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 a red velvet pinchpad and a red velvet cushion embossed with the photographer's name and address (1850s).
Inscription:
(pencil on paper): Mrs Susan Bradshaw / Cousin to Grandmother / of Alice Appleman (Enclosed note)

(embossed on velvet): S. A. SMITH / 416 N. 2ND. ST. (Case cushion)
Format:
Ambrotype
Dimensions:
Width: 6.9 cm, Height: 8.3 cm (image)
Width: 2 23/32 in, Height: 3 9/32 in (image)
Width: 8.1 cm, Height: 9.3 cm, Depth: 1.8 cm (case)
Width: 3 3/16 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 23/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes
Related People or Organizations:
Smith, S. A. (photographer)
Bradshaw, Susan (depicted)
Appleman, Alice (relates to)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Ambrotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85004169]
Portrait photography--United States [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh2010107725]
Photographers--Marketing [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh87001204]