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[Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified, seated woman] [graphic].
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Title
[Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified, seated woman] [graphic].
Publisher
[United States]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1855
Date
[ca. 1855]
Physical Description
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; plate 83 x 108 mm (quarter plate format)
Description
Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified, seated white woman. Sitter has dark hair parted in the middle with ringlet curls at the sides of her face. She is attired in a lace cap, a white chemisette, and a dark-colored, long-sleeved, silk dress with a lace collar and cuffs. She also wears earrings, a ring on her right hand, and a cameo brooch and pocket watch chain that adorn her chest and waist, respectively. Gilt is applied to the photographic details of her earrings, ring, right cuff, cameo brooch, and pocket watch chain. She sits holding a card in her left hand on her lap. It is inscribed with the number, 50, which may signify the portrait is in honor of her 50th birthday. She rests her right arm on a cloth-covered side table in the left. Possibly her bonnet lies on top of the table. Her cheeks are tinted pink.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter.
Pink tinting on cheeks.
Gilt on sitter’s jewelry and card.
Gift of Michael Zinman, 2016.
Pad: Red velvet with a spray of flowers.
Mat: Nonpareil.
Case: Case is shaped like a book with gilt edges and a spine labeled “Bijou.” Papier-mache, black lacquer with a spray of flowers made of mother of pearl inlay. Verso design composed of an ornamental scroll in gold, green, and red with a gold border.
Edges of daguerreotype plate are tarnished.
Subject
Cards.
Women -- United States.
Women -- Clothing & dress -- United States.
Genre
Daguerreotypes -- 1850-1860.
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860.
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2016.85]
Accession number
P.2016.85
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