| Title |
[Portrait of an unidentified woman] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia 1850 |
| Date |
[Philadelphia] |
| Date |
[ca. 1850] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; plate 70 x 83 mm (sixth plate format) |
| Description |
Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of an African American woman. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle,
crimped, and looped behind the ears. She is attired in a striped, long-sleeved dress with a wide lace collar, a brooch, black
laced fingerless gloves, and a ribbon around her neck attached to a pair of spectacles. She rests her left arm on a table
covered with a patterned tablecloth on which a book sits. Her right hand rests at her side below her waist. Sitter is probably
a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia.
|
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Date inferred from sitter's attire. |
|
Pad: Faded golden colored velvet. Geometric design in center surrounded by swirls. |
|
Mat: Double elliptical. |
|
Case: Leather. Geometric design: striated lines in the center within interlocking circles. Shell-like designs at the four
corners. Same design on verso.
|
|
Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993. |
|
Lib. Company. Annual report, 1993, p. 17-24. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
| Subject |
Dickerson family. |
|
African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
African American women -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Studio props. |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.5] |
| Accession number |
P.9427.5 |
