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Hannah Davis Wood, b. 1809 [graphic] / M. P. Simons, Philada.
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Creator
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.) photographer.
Title
Hannah Davis Wood, b. 1809 [graphic] / M. P. Simons, Philada.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1847
Date
ca. 1847
Physical Description
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate.
Description
Wood is sitting primly, hands folded in her lap. She is wearing a high necked dress with a triangular collar.
Notes
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Purple velvet. A floral spray in blue is in the center.
Mat: Oval. Stamped on mat: M. P. Simons, Philada.
Case: Leather. Stamped in gold in center with a bird surrounded by leaves. Gold stamping in leaf pattern along all four edges. Same design on verso without central stamp of bird.
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, Hannah Davis, b. 1809.
Genre
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850.
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850.
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.8926.19]
Accession number
P.8926.19
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Cased Photograph Collection
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