Details
Creator McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896, photographer.
Title [Three-quarter length portrait of Frances W. Bruce] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1845
Date Feb. 1845
Physical Description 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; plate 83 x 108 mm (quarter plate format)
Description Three-quarter length, forward facing, seated portrait of Frances W. Bruce. Sitter has dark hair parted in the middle with ringlet curls at the sides of her face. She is attired in a dress made of a patterned fabric of decorative scrolls and with a white lace collar and cuffs. She wears two rings on her right hand. Sitter rests her right elbow on a tableclothed side table in the left. Her left hand rests on her lap and slightly clasps her right hand. Frances Wardale Bruce (1815-1892) was William Y. McAllister’s sister and spouse of physician George D. Bruce.
Notes Title supplied by the cataloger.
Date and name of photographer from manuscript note on label attached to case: Frances Bruce, Feb. 1845.
Pad: Red velvet.
Mat: Octagon.
Case: Leather. Bouquet of mixed flowers in a vase. No design on verso.
Biographical / historical note William Y. McAllister was an optician and cane manufacturer in Philadelphia from 1845 to 1860.
Subject Bruce, Frances Wardale, 1815-1892 -- Portraits.
Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850.
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850.
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cased photos – McAllister [P.2021.37]
Accession number P.2021.37