Details
Title [Full-length portrait of an unidentified older woman seated in a wheelchair] [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 Full-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified older white woman, seated in a wheelchair positioned at a slight angle. Sitter has gray hair parted in the center and is attired in a dark-colored lace cap with lappets and a dark-colored, long-sleeved dress with a white collar. Her cheeks are tinted pink. She holds a book, with the spine towards the viewer, in her right hand on her lap. Her left arm is propped on the armrest. A small pouch-like bag hangs from the corner of the back of the wheelchair visible in the left of the image. The chair back is covered with a patterned cloth.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter.
Pink tinting on cheeks.
Pad: Red velvet with a leaf in the center and decorative scroll border.
Mat: Nonpareil.
Case: Leather. Decorative geometric and leaf pattern in the center with leaves in the corners. Same design on verso.
Subject Books.
Older people -- United States.
People with disabilities -- United States.
Wheelchairs.
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 - ambro [P.2021.31]
Accession number P.2021.31