| Creator |
Swift, Henry B., photographer. |
| Title |
[Portrait of seated, unidentified woman, hair parted in the middle, with a white lace collar and cuffs on her dress.] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1853 |
| Date |
ca. 1853 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate. |
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Faded red velvet with geometric design. |
|
Mat: Modified non pareil. |
|
Case: Green leather with fanciful gold stamped floral and leaf design with hand coloring. This design is The Lily Motif and
is reproduced opposite page 65 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes
and Co., Inc., 1969.) A thin gold border is on the back, but no design.
|
|
See Henry B. Swift Research file. |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1850-1860. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.2004.9.5] |
| Accession number |
P.2004.9.5 |
