| Title |
[Stuart Wood as a young child.] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1856 |
| Date |
1856 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate. |
| Description |
Three year old Wood, hair parted neatly on the side, is looking straight ahead. His left arm is resting on a table, and he
seems to be holding a hoop in his right hand.
|
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Faded and scratched purple velvet. No design. |
|
Mat: Oval. |
|
Case: Leather. No design on front or back. Note inside case reads: Stuart Wood, about 1856. |
|
See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860,
(Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research
folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
|
| Subject |
Wood, Stuart, 1853-1914, |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1850-1860. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.8926.14] |
| Accession number |
P.8926.14 |
