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Woman wearing a fur wrap
Woman wearing a fur wrap
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Woman wearing a fur wrap

Permanent ID:
6626
Date:
circa 1858
Image Description:
Image: Oval 1/9 plate; Head and shoulders of a woman with hair parted in the center, smoothed over the head and puffed in braids covering the ears, wearing a dark dress with buttons up the front, and a white turned down collar, with a brooch at her throat and beads or pearls falling down the front of the dress, with a fur-trimmed wrap around her shoulders, color applied to her cheeks. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: [none]. Case: Plain Red-velvet covered oval case (Berg No. 6-17a) with push-button fastener, and a white silk cushion.
Inscription:
(pencil on silk): FARNUM (Case cushion)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 5.3 cm, Height: 6.4 cm (image)
Width: 2 1/16 in, Height: 2 1/2 in (image)
Width: 6.5 cm, Height: 7.5 cm, Depth: 1.8 cm (case)
Width: 2 9/16 in, Height: 2 31/32 in, Depth: 23/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh2010107725]