Creator |
Van Loan & Co., photographer. |
Title |
[Portrait of an unidentified woman] [graphic] / Van Loan & Co's Gallery 118 Chesnut St. Philada. |
Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia 1850 |
Date |
[ca. 1850] |
Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; plate 70 x 83 mm (sixth plate format) |
Description |
Half-length, forward facing portrait of a woman seated on a chair. 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 high lace collar, a brooch, hoop earrings,
a ring, and a long necklace. She rests her right arm on a table covered with a patterned tablecloth, and her left hand rests
on her lap. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia.
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Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Date inferred from sitter's attire. |
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Pad: Red velvet embossed Van Loan & Co's Gallery 118 Chesnut St. Philada. Geometric border. |
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Mat: Nonpareil. |
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Case: Leather. Spray of flowers in a nonpareil like border. Scroll work all around. A different floral spray within a modified
double elliptical border is on the back. Design called "Lily and Rose" and is Plate 114 in Floyd and Marion Rinhart's American
miniature case art (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.)
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Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993. |
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Lib. Company. Annual report, 1993 p. 17-24. |
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Description revised 2021. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
Biographical / historical note |
Van Loan operated from 118 Chestnut Street circa 1849-circa 1851. |
Subject |
Dickerson family. |
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African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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African American women -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850. |
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Photograph cases -- 1840-1850. |
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Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.3] |
Accession number |
P.9427.3 |