Title |
[Portrait of an unidentified woman] [graphic]. |
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 an African American 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 dress with a white chemisette with
a collar and under sleeves, a brooch, and a ring. 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.
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Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Date inferred from sitter's attire. |
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Pad: Faded red velvet with small floral spray in center surrounded by scrolls. |
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Mat: Nonpareil. |
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Case: Leather. Case design of a bouquet of flowers in an urn within a nonpareil border is called "The Romanesque Urn" and
is Plate 141 in Floyd and Marion Rinhart's American miniature case art (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc.,
1969.) Same design on verso.
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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. |
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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Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850. |
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Photograph cases -- 1840-1850. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.14] |
Accession number |
P.9427.14 |