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Frances Lea Smith daguerreotype, 1848
Image: 1/6 plate; Half portrait of a woman seated on a chair with her arm resting on a posing table, wearing a circular shaped white bonnet with a frill fastened inside the brim, tied in place with white ribbons, with a white lace collar and plaid neckline ribbon beneath, dressed in a dark silk shaw...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection (#3139) |
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| Date: | 1848 |
| Dimensions: | 7 x 8.2 cm 2 25/32 x 3 7/32 in 8 x 9.1 cm 3 1/8 x 3 19/32 in |
| Box Number: | Box 2B |
| Folder Number: | Folder 45 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5732 |
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Image: 1/6 plate; Half portrait of a woman seated on a chair with her arm resting on a posing table, wearing a circular shaped white bonnet with a frill fastened inside the brim, tied in place with white ribbons, with a white lace collar and plaid neckline ribbon beneath, dressed in a dark silk shawl covering the elbows and fringed with dark silk ruffles, with long sleeves visible beneath and dark kid wrist-length gloves, holding a watch cord between her hands. Preserver: [none]. Mat: Octagonal with pebble finish (1839-mid 40s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a floral design (a variation of Berg Nos. 5-94 and 5-112) on both the front and back, with a red velvet pinchpad and a red velvet cushion embossed with a floral design (1850). |
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