Details
Title [Portrait of an unidentified African American girl] [graphic]
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1855-1860
Date [ca. 1855-ca. 1860]
Physical Description 1 photograph : ambrotype ; plate 51 x 64 mm (ninth plate format)
Description Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of an African American girl seated on a chair with an ornate, wooden back. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, crimped, and tied in pig tails. She is attired in a dark-colored, short-sleeved dress with white lace decorating the cuffs. She clasps her hands together slightly and rests them at her waist. Her cheeks are tinted pink. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Pad: Faded red velvet with fleur de lis in center surrounded by scrolls.
Mat: Oval.
Case: Leather. Geometric design with a six pointed star within a shield flanked by banners. Same design on verso.
Lib. Company. Annual report, 1993, p. 17-24.
Reproduced on cover and on page 44 of Julie Winch's The Elite of our people (University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000).
Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject Dickerson family.
African American girls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American girls -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Ambrotypes -- United States.
Genre Ambrotypes -- 1850-1860.
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860.
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.9]
Accession number P.9427.9