| Creator |
Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.) photographer. |
| Title |
[Caroline Hahn Wood] [graphic] / M. P. Simons, Phila. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1850 |
| Date |
ca. 1850 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/2 plate. |
| Description |
Seated portrait of Wood, wife of physician George Bacon Wood, in a patterned dress, looking down at an open book on a table
beside her.
|
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Faded red velvet. No design. |
|
Mat: Octagonal. Stamped on left bottom corner: Simons. |
|
Case: Leather. No design. Stamped on verso: M. P. Simons, Phila. |
|
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 H. (Caroline Hahn), d. 1867, |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.8926.2] |
| Accession number |
P.8926.2 |
