[Portrait of an unidentified African American woman]
Shew, William J.
1820-1903
case maker
still image
Graphic
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850
pau
PA. Philadelphia
[Philadelphia]
[ca. 1850]
1850
monographic
eng
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; plate 70 x 83 mm (sixth plate format)
Half-length, forward facing portrait of an African American woman seated on a chair. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, and tied behind her head. She is attired in a dark-colored, diagonally striped, long-sleeved dress with a lace collar, a brooch, and a long necklace. She rests her left arm on a table covered with a patterned tablecloth, and her right hand rests on her lap. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from sitter's attire.
Forms part of the Dickerson Family Collection.
Dickerson family
African American women
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
African American women
Clothing & dress
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Studio props
P.9427.10
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department
Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.10]
aacr
dcrmg
ppl
041115
20230712171204.0
267168
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