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Woman holding a daguerreotype daguerreotype, 1857
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with arm resting on a cloth-covered posing table, hand upon her cheek, displaying an open cased photograph in her other hand, her hair parted in the center in a padded wings style that covers the ears, wearing a lighter skirt and darker bodice with bishop sleeves and a...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes (#3404) |
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| Date: | 1857 |
| Dimensions: | 6.9 x 8.3 cm 2 23/32 x 3 9/32 in 8 x 9.3 cm 3 1/8 x 3 19/32 in |
| Box Number: | Box 1 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/6128 |
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Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with arm resting on a cloth-covered posing table, hand upon her cheek, displaying an open cased photograph in her other hand, her hair parted in the center in a padded wings style that covers the ears, wearing a lighter skirt and darker bodice with bishop sleeves and a wide whitework collar with a small gilded brooch at her throat, color applied to her cheeks, and gilding to a ring on her raised hand. Preserver: Straight and embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Nonpariel with matte finish (mid 1840s to mid 1850s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a grapes and leaves design on both the front and back, with a red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion embossed with a geometric design (ca. 1850). |
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