| 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 |
