| Contributor |
Shew, William J., 1820-1903, case maker. |
| Title |
[Portrait of an unidentified African American woman] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia 1850 |
| Date |
[Philadelphia] |
| Date |
[ca. 1850] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; plate 70 x 83 mm (sixth plate format) |
| Description |
Half-length, forward facing portrait of an African American woman seated on a chair. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in
the middle, and tied behind her head. She is attired in a dark-colored, diagonally striped, long-sleeved dress with a lace
collar, a brooch, and a long necklace. She rests her left arm on a table covered with a patterned tablecloth, and her right
hand rests on her lap. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia.
|
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Date inferred from sitter's attire. |
|
Pad: Cinnamon colored velvet with one large leaf. |
|
Mat: Octogonal. |
|
Case: Leather. Design is curved octagon within scroll and is Plate 219 in Floyd and Marion Rinhart's American miniature case
art (Cranbury, NJ: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969). Case made by William Shew who was active in Boston in the 1840s. Same
design on verso.
|
|
Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993. |
|
Lib. 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. |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.10] |
| Accession number |
P.9427.10 |
