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[Seated portrait of an unidentified young woman.] [graphic].
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Title
[Seated portrait of an unidentified young woman.] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1854
Date
ca. 1854
Physical Description
1 photograph : ambrotype ; 1/6 plate.
Description
Her hair parted severely on the middle. She is wearing a short black jacket with embroidered edges over a white blouse, and a checked shirt. Her left arm is resting on a table. Drapery is visible. Hand colored pink on cheeks.
Notes
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Pad: Deep purple velvet with a geometric design of large and small scrolls.
Mat: Ornamented oval.
Case: Thermoplastic. Geometric design. A ten point star is surrounded by coiled scrolls within an oval. Same design on verso. This design is #3-74 in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames by Paul K. Berg (Huntington Beach, Ca. : Huntington Valley Press, 1995.) It is designated as common. The design of the case is called Ten Point Star and is plate 200 American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Uncommon, circa 1856. The case maker was Samuel Peck and Co. Die-engraver was J. Smith.
Genre
Ambrotypes -- 1850-1860.
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860.
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.8647 ]
Accession number
P.8647
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Cased Photograph Collection
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