Details
Creator Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.) photographer.
Title [Portrait of two unidentified young women.] [graphic] / M. P. Simons, Philada.
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1845
Date ca. 1845
Physical Description 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/2 plate.
Description Seated woman, with long curls, has her hands crossed over a book on her lap; the standing woman, with her hair, parted in the middle, severely pulled back, has a cross around her neck.
Notes Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Mat: Octagonal. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: M. P. Simons, Philada.
Case: Leather. Lacking cover. Spray of roses in a square border. The design of the case is called The Delicate Roses, variant and is plate 124 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Generally produced in large quantity, ca. 1845.
See Board Report November 9, 1999.
Genre Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850.
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850.
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9746]
Accession number P.9746