Details
Title [Portrait of an unidentified young woman in a patterned dress with a child in her lap.] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1850
Date ca. 1850
Physical Description 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/4 plate.
Notes Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Faded bugundy velvet. Urn in the center, large scrolls at corners.
Mat: Modified nonpareil.
Case: Leather. A young woman is in the center holding a large spray of flowers and leaves. Fancy scrolls are all around. Swirling lines on back. The design of the case is called Maiden with Cornucopia and is plate 163 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in quantity, ca. 1851.
Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Reference: CRH/1978. Source to be identified.
Subject Mothers & children.
Genre Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850.
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850.
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [8326.F.6]
Accession number 8326.F.6