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Elizabeth Cuthbert Roberts at the age of five years and four months daguerreotype, 1857
Elizabeth Cuthbert Roberts at the age of five years and four months daguerreotype, 1857
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Elizabeth Cuthbert Roberts at the age of five years and four months daguerreotype, 1857

Permanent ID:
6891
Date:
1857
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Young girl seated on a wooden posing chair, with hair parted in the center and falling in shoulder-length ringlets around her face, wearing a patterned dress with diagonal checks on the bodice and horizontal checks and a growth tuck on the skirt, with short ruffled sleeves gathered at the shoulders, and the jagged edges of a petticoat showing under the skirt hem, white stockings to mid-calf. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Double elliptical, with sandy finish (mid 1840-50). Case: Leather-covered wood frame embossed with a geometric design both front and back, with interior gilded edge trim, a red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion embossed with a geometric design (ca. 1850).
Inscription:
(pencil on paper): 3 (typed on paper): 3 / 1857 daguerreotype by M. A. ROOT, 140 Chestnut St. (Phila.) of Elizabeth / Cuthbert Roberts [1852 - 1934] at the age of five years and four months (Enclosed note)

(pencil on paper tape): Sealed by CCAHA 7/00 (Verso of image package)

(embossed on brass): M.A. ROOT / 140 CHESTNUT ST / PHILADA
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 7.0 cm, Height: 8.3 cm (image)
Width: 2 3/4 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:
Roberts family Photographs
Related People or Organizations:
Roberts, Elizabeth Cuthbert (depicted)
Hyland, Jean H. (was donated by)
Root, Marcus Aurelius (photographer)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85035408]
Photography of children [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85101337]
Photographers--Marketing [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh87001204]