| Creator |
Swift, Henry B., photographer. |
| Title |
[Seated portrait of an unidentified unidentified woman resting her left arm on a column on which there is a vase of flowers.]
[graphic].
|
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1856 |
| Date |
ca. 1856 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate. |
| Description |
Hand colored. |
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Faded red velvet with geometric design. |
|
Mat: Nonpareil. |
|
Case: Leather with fanciful gold stamped floral and leaf design. 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.
|
|
Sitter may possibly be one of Henry B. Swift's sisters, Caroline, Hannah or Mary, or possibly his wife, Emma. 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.2004.9.4] |
| Accession number |
P.2004.9.4 |
