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Woman with ringlets and large tortoise comb daguerreotype, 1847
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with arm resting on cloth-covered posing table, hair parted in the center and covering the ears with shoulder-length ringlets, a tortoise comb tucked in the crown, wearing a pattern-printed dress with long sleeves with whitework undersleeves, with shirred gathers at th...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes (#3404) |
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| Date: | 1847 |
| Dimensions: | 6.9 x 8.2 cm 2 23/32 x 3 7/32 in 7.9 x 9.3 cm 3 1/8 x 3 19/32 in |
| Box Number: | Box 2 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/6579 |
| Summary: |
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with arm resting on cloth-covered posing table, hair parted in the center and covering the ears with shoulder-length ringlets, a tortoise comb tucked in the crown, wearing a pattern-printed dress with long sleeves with whitework undersleeves, with shirred gathers at the waist, holding a nosegay in the hand resting on her lap. Preserver: [none] (pre-1847). Mat: Scallop with pebble finish (late 1840s-1851). Case: Leather-covered wood frame half case embossed with the Mixed Flowers, Variant design [Plate 137 on page 124 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] on the back, with interior gilded edge trim, and a red velvet pinchpad (ca. 1857). |
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