Hand colored portrait of Frances Carey Lea, wife of Isaac Lea. She wears grey dress with lace and velvet trim and a close fitting bonnet decorated with lace and blue ribbons. She wears a brooch at her neck., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Case: Uncased., Manuscript note on verso: Mrs. Isaac Lea., See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, May 1996.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9514.1]
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., 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., 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.
Creator
Rehn, Isaac, photographer
Date
ca.1858
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.12]
Bust-length portrait of Frances Anne Carey, her face framed in a large lace cap tied under her chin. She has a slight smile on her face, and is looking straight ahead., Pad: Dark burgundy velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Stamped on mat: M. A. Root, Phila., Case: Leather. No design., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Creator
Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date
ca. 1855
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.2]
