| Creator |
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer. |
| Title |
[Julianna Randolph Wood, 1810-1885] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1846 |
| Date |
[May 1, 1846] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate. |
| Description |
Portrait of Wood wearing a white lace cap and a checked dress buttoned down the front. She is sitting, resting her right arm
on a table. Very pale pink hand coloring on cheeks.
|
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Faded red silk. No design. |
|
Mat: Oval. |
|
Case: Leather. Spray of two roses in a leafy border. The design of the case is called Delicate Roses, Variant and is plate
123 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. 1844. Same design on verso. The Die-engraver was David Pretlove.
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See also P.8926.8 for a different pose. Richard Davis Wood (1799-1869), Julianna's husband, notes in his diary on May 1, 1846,
"Took wife and daughters Mary and Caroline to Langenheim's, and had their daguerreotypes taken, succeeding very well."
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See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860,
(Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research
folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
|
| Subject |
Wood, Julianna R. (Julianna Randolph), 1810-1885 -- Portraits. |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.8926.7] |
| Accession number |
P.8926.7 |
