| Creator |
Rehn, Isaac photographer. |
| Title |
[Mrs. Isaac Lea, 1799-1874.] [graphic] / Ambrotype by Rehn, patented July 4 and 11, 1854. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1858 |
| Date |
ca.1858 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : ambrotype ; 1/6 plate. |
| Description |
Portrait of Frances Carey Lea at about 60 years of age. Her hair is parted in the middle and she is wearing a lace scarf on
her hair that comes down the sides of her face. Hand colored pale pink on her cheeks.
|
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Red velvet with geometric design with a crown on top. |
|
Mat: Ornamented double elliptical. Stamped at top, upside down: Ambrotype by Rehn. Stamped on bottom: Patented July 4 and
11, 1854.
|
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Case: Thermoplastic. Geometric design with interlocking swirls.This design is #3-131in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases
and Wall Frames by Paul K. Berg (Huntington Beach, Ca. : Huntington Valley Press, 1995.) It is designated as common. Same
design on verso.
|
|
See Lea Family Research File. |
|
Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977. |
| Subject |
Lea, Frances Anne Carey, 1799-1873, |
| Genre |
Ambrotypes -- 1850-1860. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [8326.F.12] |
| Accession number |
8326.F.12 |
