Details
Title [Portrait of an unidentified African American woman] [graphic]
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Date [ca. 1850-ca. 1860]
Physical Description 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; plate 70 x 83 mm (sixth plate format)
Description Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of a seated, African American woman. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, and looped behind her ears. She is attired in a dark-colored, long-sleeved, silk dress with a white lace collar, and black lace, fingerless gloves. A broach adorns her collar. She rests her left forearm on a table covered in a patterned cloth. A book lies on the table. The sitter’s left hand rests on her lap. Her lips are tinted pink. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Pad: Dark purple velvet with a scroll design in the center.
Mat: Oval.
Case: Square thermoplastic. On recto is a leaf design surrounded by scrolls. This design is #3-128 reproduced in Paul K. Berg's nineteenth century photographic cases and wall frames (Huntington Beach, Ca. 92647: Huntington Valley Press, 1995.) The design on the verso is a bunch of grapes, #2-25 in Berg's book.
Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Lib. Company. Annual report, 1993, p. 17-24.
Subject Dickerson family.
African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American women -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Books.
Studio props.
Women.
Genre Daguerreotypes -- 1845-1860.
Photograph cases -- 1845-1860.
Portrait photographs -- 1845-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos -Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.16]
Accession number P.9427.16