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[Half-length portrait of an unidentified woman, seated] [graphic].
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Title
[Half-length portrait of an unidentified woman, seated] [graphic].
Publisher
[United States]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1860
Date
[ca. 1860]
Physical Description
1 photograph : ambrotype ; plate 70 x 83 mm (sixth plate format)
Description
Half-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white woman. 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 buttons down the bodice and a white collar, and black lace, fingerless gloves. A broach adorns her collar. Her lips and cheeks are tinted pink. She is seated and holds a book labeled, Message and Documents 1857-8 Part 1 (i.e., Congressional documents), on her lap with her right hand. She crosses her left arm over her right and rests her left hand on her right wrist.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter.
Pink tinting on lips and cheeks.
Cased image accompanied by a lock of hair and four feathers from an Amazon parrot.
Gift of Ivan Jurin, 2022.
Pad: Red velvet with flowers within a decorative scroll border.
Mat: Nonpareil.
Case: Leather. Decorative geometric and scroll pattern in the center with leaves in the corners. Same design on verso.
Subject
Books.
Feathers.
Government publications.
Hair.
Women -- United States.
Women -- Clothing & dress -- United States.
Genre
Ambrotypes -- 1850-1860.
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860.
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2022.29.1-1a]
Accession number
P.2022.29.1
P.2022.29.1a
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