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Elizabeth Graff [Murphey] Townsend ambrotype portrait, 1858
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with hair parted in the center, wearing a bonnet, underbrim decorated with frills of blonde lace and tied with white ribbons, dressed in a dark cloak or wrap, with long wide white neck ribbons, and white undersleeves, holding a baby dressed in a short-sleeved long whit...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection (#3139) |
| Date: | 1858 |
| Dimensions: | 7 x 8.3 cm 2 3/4 x 3 9/32 in 8.4 x 9.5 cm 3 1/4 x 3 3/4 in |
| Box Number: | Box 2C |
| Folder Number: | Folder 202 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5852 |
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Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with hair parted in the center, wearing a bonnet, underbrim decorated with frills of blonde lace and tied with white ribbons, dressed in a dark cloak or wrap, with long wide white neck ribbons, and white undersleeves, holding a baby dressed in a short-sleeved long white dress, color applied to both woman's and child's cheeks. Preserver: Fancier with inward points at the corners (after 1858). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Thermoplastic with common "Two Pears" design (Berg No. 2-19), with a red velvet pinchpad and a ruby red velvet cushion embossed with a geometric design (1850-60s). |
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