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Algernon Sidney Roberts, III with his sister Elizabeth Cuthbert Roberts daguerreotype, 1857
Algernon Sidney Roberts, III with his sister Elizabeth Cuthbert Roberts daguerreotype, 1857
Algernon Sidney Roberts, III with his sister Elizabeth Cuthbert Roberts daguerreotype, 1857
Algernon Sidney Roberts, III with his sister Elizabeth Cuthbert Roberts daguerreotype, 1857
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Algernon Sidney Roberts, III with his sister Elizabeth Cuthbert Roberts daguerreotype, 1857

Permanent ID:
6930
Date:
May 1857
Image Description:
Image: half plate; Standing girl wearing a shoulder-baring sleeveless dress in a light fabric with dark dots and striped trim, cinched at the shoulders, with a full skirt, with white stockings and dark shoes, hair parted in the center and smoothed down over the head, a gilded bracelet on one wrist, her brother standing on an upholstered wooden chair wearing a white shoulder-baring sleeveless sacque gathered at the shoulders with plaid ribbons, with whitework trim, white stockings and black shoes, hair parted at one side and puffed over the forehead Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Leather-covered wood frame embossed with a grapes and leaves design both front and back, with an interior gilded edge trim, a red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion embossed with scrollwork (1850s).
Inscription:
(typed on paper): 1857 daguerrotype [sic] by S. BROADBENT of Algernon Sidney Roberts, III [1855 - / 1896] at the age of 17 months with his sister Elizabeth Cuthbert Roberts / [1852 - 1934] at the age of five years and four months (Enclosed note)

(ink on paper): Lizzie & Sydney Roberts / May 1857 / Lizzie 5 years & 4 months / Sydney 1 " " 5 " (Paper lining beneath image package, velvet swatch and piece of board)

(embossed): S. BROADBENT (Bottom left corner of mat)
Format:
Ambrotype
Dimensions:
Width: 10.8 cm, Height: 14.0 cm (image)
Width: 4 1/4 in, Height: 5 1/2 in (image)
Width: 12.0 cm, Height: 15.1 cm, Depth: 2.3 cm (case)
Width: 4 3/4 in, Height: 5 15/16 in, Depth: 29/32 in (case)
Collection:
Roberts family Photographs
Related People or Organizations:
Roberts, Algernon Sidney (depicted)
Roberts, Elizabeth Cuthbert (depicted)
Hyland, Jean H. (was donated by)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Ambrotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85004169]
Photography of children [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85101337]