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Katherine Biddle Leonard and Katherine Biddle Vandervoort daguerreotype, 1849

Permanent ID:
6661
Date:
circa 1849
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Two seated girls wearing shoulder-baring dresses, the brunette with hair parted in the center and long plaits down the back, wearing a mid-toned short sleeve dress with ruffles, the blonde with hair parted in the center in chin length ringlets wearing a light colored short-sleeved gingham dress with a gather at the shoulder; both girls holding a book or case between them. Preserver: [none] (pre-1847). Mat: Scallop with pebble finish (1840s). Case: Leather covered wood frame embossed with the common "A Spray of Roses, Variant" design [Plate 127 on page 119 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 red velvet pinchpad and a red velvet cushion embossed with a floral design (ca. 1857).
Inscription:
(ink on paper): Katherine Biddle / Leonard & / Katherine / Biddle / Vandervoort (Enclosed note)

(ink on linen tape): KATHERINE BIDDLE LEONARD / KATHERINE BIDDLE VANDERVOORT (Taped hinge repair on case exterior)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 6.8 cm, Height: 8.1 cm (image)
Width: 2 11/16 in, Height: 3 3/16 in (image)
Width: 7.9 cm, Height: 9.1 cm, Depth: 1.7 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 21/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85035408]
Photography of children [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85101337]
Portrait photography--United States [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh2010107725]