| Creator |
Collins, photographer. |
| Title |
[Julianna Wood, 1847-1924] [graphic] / Collins, 3d & Chestnut. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1852 |
| Date |
ca. 1852 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate. |
| Description |
Portrait of Wood, probably about 5 years old, standing in front of a studio backdrop. She is holding a purse on her right
arm, and is holding onto a chair with her left hand. A purse and a bonnet rest on the chair beside her. Hand colored pale
pink on cheeks.
|
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Faded purple velvet. Leaf design in an oval surrounded by scrolls. |
|
Mat: Nonpareil. Photographer's imprint: Collins, 3d & Chestnut. |
|
Case: Thermoplastic. A clover shaped design is in an oval in the center, fancy scrolls and shells form the border. Same design
on verso.
|
|
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, Julianna, 1847-1924 -- Portraits. |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1850-1860. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.8971.2] |
| Accession number |
P.8971.2 |
