[Julianna Randolph Wood, 1810-1885] [graphic]. W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer. Wood, Julianna R. (Julianna Randolph), 1810-1885 -- Portraits. Portrait of Wood wearing a white lace cap and a checked dress buttoned down the front, is in a prim pose, with her hands clasped at her waist. The image is off center. Very pale pink hand coloring on cheeks. Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. Pad: Faded red silk. No design. Mat: Oval. Case: Leather. Spray of two roses in a leafy border. The design of the case is called Delicate Roses, Variant and is plate 123 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Generally produced in large quantity, ca. 1844. Same design on verso. The die-engraver was David Pretlove. See also P.8926.7 for a different pose. Richard Davis Wood (1799-1869), Julianna's husband, notes in his diary on May 1, 1846, "Took wife and daughters Mary and Caroline to Langenheim's, and had their daguerreotypes taken, succeeding very well." 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. [Philadelphia] PA. Philadelphia. 1846 [May 1, 1846] Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850. Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850. Photograph cases -- 1840-1850. 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate. digitool:83119 Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Cased photos [P.8926.8] P.8926.8