Seated portrait of a matronly Randolph wearing a black taffeta dress with a tight fitting bodice and a white scarf. She is also wearing white gloves. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed: Willard 120 W. Market St. 8 Doors E. Schl. 6th St. [i.e. 17th St.], Mat: Modified non pareil., Case: Leather. In a circle in the center are grapes and other fruits, surrounded by a six pointed star. Same design on verso., Julianna Randolph was the aunt of Julianna Randolph Wood, 1810-1885. 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.
Creator
Willard, Oliver H., d. 1876, photographer
Date
ca. 1857
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.9]
