| Title |
[Portrait of an unidentified couple.] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1850 |
| Date |
ca. 1850 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate. |
| Description |
He is sitting with his hands clasped in his lap. She is wearing a white lace cap, and has her left hand crossed over her right
arm.
|
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Burgundy velvet. In center is an urn with leaves and flowers, below which are two birds and a scroll design. |
|
Mat: Oval. |
|
Case: Leather. Within an octagonal border is a spray of two lilies. The design of the case is called Two Lilies and is plate
112 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced
in very large quantity, ca. 1850. Case attributed to Myron Shew.
|
| Subject |
Couples. |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.9807] |
| Accession number |
P.9807 |
