Woman wearing a habit-front style dress daguerreotype, 1851

Woman wearing a habit-front style dress daguerreotype, 1851

Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with arm resting on cloth covered posing table, hair parted in the center and covering most of the ears, wearing a long bell sleeved dress of the habit-front style in a pattern-printed fabric, with a fitted bodice with long tapered darts, buttoned up the front, a tight...

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Collection:Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes (#3404)
Date:1851
Dimensions:7.0 x 8.2 cm
2 3/4 x 3 7/32 in
8.1 x 9.4 cm
3 3/16 x 3 11/16 in
Box Number:Box 4
Format: Electronic
Subjects:
Daguerreotype
Portrait photography > United States
Copyright:Public domain
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/6658
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title Woman wearing a habit-front style dress daguerreotype, 1851
spellingShingle Woman wearing a habit-front style dress daguerreotype, 1851
Daguerreotype
Portrait photography--United States
title_sort Woman wearing a habit-front style dress daguerreotype, 1851
title_txt_mv Woman wearing a habit-front style dress daguerreotype, 1851
date_txt_mv 1851
year_str_mv 1851
genre Daguerreotype
dimensions_txt_mv 7.0 x 8.2 cm
2 3/4 x 3 7/32 in
8.1 x 9.4 cm
3 3/16 x 3 11/16 in
description Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with arm resting on cloth covered posing table, hair parted in the center and covering most of the ears, wearing a long bell sleeved dress of the habit-front style in a pattern-printed fabric, with a fitted bodice with long tapered darts, buttoned up the front, a tight armscye and high neckline of the whitework collar, trimed epaulettes, whitework undersleeves, a pencil chain around her neck, with a gilded brooch at her throat, gilded drop earrings, a gilded ring on one finger, and a gilded watch chain hooked through a buttonhole, color applied to her cheeks. Preserver: Straight and embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Leather covered wood frame embossed with a floral design [similar to the moderately common case design "Lily and Rose" Plate 114 on page 113 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] with a gilded exterior and interior edge trim, a red velvet pinchpad, and a ruby red velvet cushion embossed with a flower and vase design (ca. 1850).
subject_txt_mv LCSH: Daguerreotype
LCSH: Portrait photography--United States
topic Daguerreotype
Portrait photography--United States
copyright_txt_mv Public domain
rights_statement_txt_mv None
collection Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes
collection_number_str_mv 3404
box_number_str Box 4
url https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/6658
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