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[Portrait of an unidentified African American woman] [graphic].
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Creator
Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer.
Title
[Portrait of an unidentified African American woman] [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Date
[ca. 1850]
Physical Description
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; plate 83 x 108 mm (quarter plate format)
Description
Half-length, forward facing portrait of a seated African American woman posed behind a prop window frame. Sitter rests her left elbow and right hand on the bottom edge of the frame. Her left hand rests on her shoulder, near the side of her face. She has dark, crimped hair, parted in the middle and that is pulled back into a braided crown at the back of her head. She is attired in a dark-colored, satiny dress with a plunging V-neck and that is adorned with a frilled ribbon and long sleeves with ruching below the shoulder. She also wears a white V-neck collar adorned with a broach, frilled white cuffs, hoop earrings, and a ring on her right hand. Her cheeks and lips are tinted pink. Image also includes a creeping grape vine in the right of the image. Sitter probably from or related to the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from photographic format and attire of sitter.
Sitter's cheeks tinted pink.
Name of daguerreotypist inferred from studio prop (window and trailing vine) visible in image.
Pad: Bright red velvet with a scroll design.
Mat: Oval.
Case: Leather. A large floral spray with a lily and leaves, surrounded by an ornate scrolled border. Geometric design on verso.
Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993.
Library Company. Annual Report, 1993, p. 17-24.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject
Dickerson family.
African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American women -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Studio props -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women.
Genre
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850.
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850.
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cased photos [P.9427.13]
Accession number
P.9427.13
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Dickerson Family Cased Portrait Collection
African Americana Photographs
Cased Photograph Collection
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