| 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 |
