Details
Title [Portrait of an unidentified woman] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Date [ca. 1850]
Physical Description 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; plate 51 x 64 (ninth plate format)
Description Half-length, forward facing portrait of an African American woman. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle with ringlet curls on either side of her face, and tied behind her head. She is attired in a long-sleeved dress with a lace collar, a brooch, and a ring. She rests her right arm on a table covered with a patterned tablecloth, and she clutches a purse in her right hand. Her left 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 by sitter's attire.
Pad: Faded red silk.
Mat: Nonpareil.
Case: Leather. Geometric design: A striated circle in the center within a striated oval. Nonpareil border. 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.
Women.
Genre Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850.
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850.
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.6]
Accession number P.9427.6