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Title [Madame Marie-Athenaide Le Febvre Buchey, 1800-1874, headmistress of Mrs. Buchey's French & English Seminary for Young Ladies, 260 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1845
Date ca. 1845
Physical Description 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/4 plate.
Description Portrait of Madame Buchey wearing a dark dress with a long, wide white collar. Her hair is parted tightly in the middle, with two curls coming forward over her ears. She is holding a fan in her left hand.
Notes Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Dark purple velvet.
Mat: Oval.
Case: Leather, with a horizontal floral bouquet in an oval.
Madame Buchey was Headmistress of the Seminary at No. 240 Spruce St. (now 626) from September 1833 to June 1853. Buchey, born in St. Domingue (i.e., Haiti), emigrated to Cuba circa 1803 following the uprisings of the enslaved people of the island. She settled with her mother in Philadelphia in 1809. See Research File - Buchey.
Gift of Francis James Dallett, great-great grandson of Madam Buchey, 2003.
LCP AR (Annual Report) 2003 p. 61-63.
Filed under: Unid. photographer - Sitter - Buchey.
Subject Buchey, Marie-Athenaide Le Febvre, 1800-1874 -- Portraits.
Refugees -- French -- Haiti.
School principals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850.
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850.
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.2003.11.2]
Accession number P.2003.11.2