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[Portrait of two sisters, Caroline and Mary Wood.] [graphic].
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Creator
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer.
Title
[Portrait of two sisters, Caroline and Mary Wood.] [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1846
Date
[May 1, 1846]
Physical Description
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/2 plate.
Description
Mary is standing with her arm around seated Caroline. Both girls are wearing the same patterned dress, but the dresses are hand colored different colors. Very pale hand colored pink on cheeks.
Notes
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Faded red velvet. No design.
Mat: Octagonal.
Case: Leather. Within a double oval is an open flower surrounded by scrolls. No design on verso.
Richard Davis Wood (1799-1869), the girls' father 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." Inside case is the poem "Watching for the Prodigal" clipped from a newspaper.
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, Caroline, 1838-1857 -- Portraits.
Wood, Mary, b. 1834 -- Portraits.
Genre
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850.
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850.
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.8926.22]
Accession number
P.8926.22
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Cased Photograph Collection
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