| Title |
[Walter Wood as a young child.] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1852 |
| Date |
1852 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate. |
| Description |
Three year old Walter Wood, hair parted neatly on the side, is wearing checked pants and is looking straight ahead. His left
arm is resting on a table on which there is a toy horse.
|
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Faded and scratched purple velvet. No design. |
|
Mat: Oval. |
|
Case: Leather. A floral spray with one rose and several buds within a border of scrolls and swirls. Geometric design on back.
Manuscript note inside case reads: Walter Wood, 1852.
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|
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, Walter, 1849-1934, |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1850-1860. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860. |
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Photograph cases -- 1850-1860. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.8926.16] |
| Accession number |
P.8926.16 |
