Standing girl wearing a checked dress
Permanent ID:
6641Date:
circa 1854Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate with a J. P. hallmark (French daguerreotype plate manufacturer's plate hallmark) in the upper right corner; Standing girl with chin-length hair parted in the center and tucked behind her ears, wearing a short-sleeved gingham dress with low neckline, white stockings and black kid shoes with open fronts, a posing stand evident behind her. Preserver: [none] (pre-1847). Mat: Oval with sandy finish (late 1840s). Case: Leather covered wood frame embossed with a Lily and Rose design [Plate 114 on page 113 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] on the front only, with a simple geometric design on the back, with a red velvet pinchpad and a red velvet cushion embossed wtih a geometric design (6641).Format:
DaguerreotypeDimensions:
Width: 7.0 cm, Height: 8.2 cm (image)Width: 2 3/4 in, Height: 3 7/32 in (image)
Width: 8.0 cm, Height: 9.2 cm, Depth: 1.8 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 5/8 in, Depth: 23/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypesLibrary of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh2010107725]
Photography of children [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85101337]
Portrait photography--United States [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh2010107725]
Photography of children [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85101337]