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Seated woman and boy
Seated woman and boy
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Seated woman and boy

Permanent ID:
6859
Date:
circa 1859
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with hair parted in the center and pulled back from the face with ribbons in the back, wearing a long bell sleeved dress made of a printed fabric, with a dark ribbon around her wrist and gilded earrings, necklace and two rings; seated boy wearing a roundabout with gilded buttons, a turned down white collar and cuffs; color applied to both their hands and faces. Preserver: Fancier with inward points at the corners (after 1858). Mat: Nonpariel with ornate matte finish (late 1850s onward). Case: Paper 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 floral design (1850-60s).
Format:
Ambrotype
Dimensions:
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: 9.3 cm, Depth: 1.9 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 19/32 in, Depth: 3/4 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes
Library of Congress Subjects:
Portrait photography--United States [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh2010107725]
Ambrotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85004169]