| Creator |
Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888 photographer. |
| Title |
Aunt Kate Richardson. [graphic] / M. A. Root, 140 Chestnut St., Philada. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1847 |
| Date |
ca. 1847 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate. |
| Description |
Richardson is sitting toward her left, wearing a high necked dress with a very tight bodice. Her left arm is resting on a
table, and there is a ring on her second finger.
|
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Red velvet. No design. |
|
Mat: Oval. |
|
Case: Leather. Geometric designs at each corner. No design in center. Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: M. A. Root,
140 Chestnut St., Philada.
|
|
Accompanying manuscript note reads: Aunt Kate Richardson Kate. Sister of S.K. McCay. Richardson was the aunt of Ellanor C.
Thompson who married Thomas Williams Roberts in 1915. Reproduced in The Ties That Bind by Sarah Weatherwax in the 1999 Daguerreian
Annual (Pittsburgh, Pa.: The Daguerreian Society, 1999) p. 213. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998.
|
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9562.4] |
| Accession number |
P.9562.4 |
