Details
Creator W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer.
Title Grandmother Abigail D. Dreer. [graphic] / W. & F. Langenheim Philada.
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1845
Date ca. 1845
Physical Description 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/4 plate.
Description Wife of Philadelphia antiquarian Ferdinand Julius Dreer. Image depicts Dreer, hair parted severely in the middle, looking slightly to her right. She is wearing a long sleeved black taffeta dress. Her left arm is resting on a table. Hand colored vase of flowers sits on the table. Hand colored pale pink on cheeks.
Notes Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Gold colored velvet. Spray of flowers in center, geometric border. Embossed: W. & F. Langenheim Philada.
Mat: Oval.
Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers and leaves within an octagonal border. No design on verso. Label with manuscript note pasted on recto: Grandmother Abigail D. Dreer
See Research file for additional information about Abigail Dreer.
Subject Dreer, Abigail D., d. 1896 -- Portraits.
Genre Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850.
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850.
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9416]
Accession number P.9416