Details
Title [Full-length portrait of an unidentified, seated boy] [graphic].
Publisher [United States]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1855
Date [ca. 1855]
Physical Description 1 photograph : ambrotype ; plate 70 x 83 mm (sixth plate format)
Description Full-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified, young, white boy seated on a chair. Sitter has short hair parted and combed to the left. He is attired in a three-quarter length, checked shirt with gold buttons down the center, pants, white socks, and lace-up boots. He sits on a wooden chair and holds a book in both hands on his lap. Gilt is applied to the pictorial detail of the book. His cheeks are tinted pink. In the right background is a side table covered with a dark-colored tablecloth.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter.
Pink tinting on cheeks.
Gilt on sitter’s buttons and book.
Pad: Red velvet with a spray of flowers in the center surrounded by a border of decorative scrolls.
Mat: Oval.
Case: Leather. Spray of flowers in an oval surrounded by leaves. Same design on verso.
Subject Books.
Boys -- United States.
Boys -- 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.2012.68]
Accession number P.2012.68