Creator |
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg) photographer. |
Title |
[Charlotte Conarroe and her daughter Ellen.] [graphic] / Richards, 179 Chesnut St., Philada. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1855 |
Date |
ca. 1855 |
Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/4 plate. |
Description |
Charlotte is sitting facing slightly to her right, her left hand holding a book on her lap. Her daughter Ellen is leaning
into Charlotte, her left hand raised to her cheek.
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Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
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Pad: Red velvet, photographer's imprint embossed in the center: Richards, 179 Chesnut St., Philada. Scrolled border. |
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Mat: Double elliptical. |
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Case: Leather. A grape vine with two birds, one perched on a bough, the other flying toward the vine. Modified nonpareil border.
No design on verso.
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See Conarroe Family research file. See also Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures,
and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), pg. 226 and fig. 37.
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Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977. |
Subject |
Conarroe, Charlotte, b. 1804 -- Portraits. |
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Conarroe, Ellen, b. 1839. |
Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1850-1860. |
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Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860. |
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Photograph cases -- 1850-1860. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [8259.F.4] |
Accession number |
8259.F.4 |