| Creator |
Swift, Henry B., photographer. |
| Title |
[Mary Barnes Swift, 1795-1866] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1853 |
| Date |
ca. 1853 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : ambrotype ; 1/9 plate. |
| Description |
Portrait of the photographer's mother wearing a white lace cap and collar. She is looking slightly to her right. |
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Dark red velvet with geometric design. |
|
Mat: Oval. |
|
Case: Leather. A geometric design with a circle in the center surrounding a wheel of small leaves. Curved octagonal border.
Same design on verso.
|
|
Accompanying manuscript note: Mary Barnes Swift, mother of Hannah Swift Given (one of Henry B. Swift's sisters). |
|
See Henry B. Swift research file. |
| Subject |
Swift, Mary Barnes, 1795-1866 -- Portraits. |
| Genre |
Ambrotypes -- 1850-1860. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.2004.9.7] |
| Accession number |
P.2004.9.7 |
