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., 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.
Date
1856
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.14]
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. No design., Manuscript note in case reads "As you think about making this a little larger Mother & baby." Proably taken at the same time as P.8926.11., 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.
Date
1853
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.6]
