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Grace Ensey Fahnestock and unidentified man ivorytypes, 1855

Left image: 1/4 plate; Head and shoulders of a man with hair parted on one side, dressed in a black jacket and white button front shirt with an upturned collar and black bow tie. Right image: 1/4 plate; Head and shoulders of a woman with hair parted in the center, with ringlets covering her drop-ear...

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Collection:Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection (#3139)
Date:1855
Dimensions:each image 8.3 x 10.8 cm
each image 3 9/32 x 4 1/4 in
9.4 x 11.7 cm
3 11/16 x 4 5/8 in
Box Number:Box 3A
Folder Number:Folder N
Format: Electronic
Subjects and Genres:
Portrait photography > United States
Photographs > Coloring
Photography, Handworked
Photographers > Marketing
Ivorytypes
Copyright:Public domain
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5927
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title Grace Ensey Fahnestock and unidentified man ivorytypes, 1855
spellingShingle Grace Ensey Fahnestock and unidentified man ivorytypes, 1855
Portrait photography--United States
Photographs--Coloring
Photography, Handworked
Photographers--Marketing
title_sort Grace Ensey Fahnestock and unidentified man ivorytypes, 1855
title_txt_mv Grace Ensey Fahnestock and unidentified man ivorytypes, 1855
date_txt_mv 1855
year_str_mv 1855
genre Ivorytypes
dimensions_txt_mv each image 8.3 x 10.8 cm
each image 3 9/32 x 4 1/4 in
9.4 x 11.7 cm
3 11/16 x 4 5/8 in
description Left image: 1/4 plate; Head and shoulders of a man with hair parted on one side, dressed in a black jacket and white button front shirt with an upturned collar and black bow tie. Right image: 1/4 plate; Head and shoulders of a woman with hair parted in the center, with ringlets covering her drop-earring adorned ears, wearing a black dress buttoned up the front, with a white collar and a brooch clasped at her throat. Preservers: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mats: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame book-style case similar in design to Philadelphian H. A. Eichmeyer's band style case, with the distinctive rounding on the hinged and clasped edges (see Plate 41, pages 43-44 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart) but with a different embossed design on the band, and no locatable imprint of the patent stamped into the leather, nor any printed labels behind the image packages, with gilded edge trim on both exterior and interior, a hinged clasp, and purple velvet pinchpads (ca. 1855).
subject_txt_mv LCSH: Portrait photography--United States
LCSH: Photographs--Coloring
LCSH: Photography, Handworked
LCSH: Photographers--Marketing
topic Portrait photography--United States
Photographs--Coloring
Photography, Handworked
Photographers--Marketing
copyright_txt_mv Public domain
rights_statement_txt_mv None
collection Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
collection_number_str_mv 3139
box_number_str Box 3A
folder_number_str Folder N
url https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5927
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