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Mary Frances Paschall, aged 12
Image: 1/6 plate; Girl seated at posing table wearing long sleeved dress and dark wrist bands (likely ribbons), shoulder-length ringlets in hair, holding a watch or pencil cord between her fingers, possibly her bonnet resting on table, color applied to cheeks and lips, and painted in gold necklace....
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection (#3139) Paschall-Sellers family papers (#0471) |
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| Date: | 1847 |
| Dimensions: | 6.9 x 8.2 cm 2 23/32 x 3 1/4 in 8 x 9.2 cm 3 1/8 x 3 5/8 in |
| Box Number: | Box 2A |
| Folder Number: | Folder 111 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5615 |
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Image: 1/6 plate; Girl seated at posing table wearing long sleeved dress and dark wrist bands (likely ribbons), shoulder-length ringlets in hair, holding a watch or pencil cord between her fingers, possibly her bonnet resting on table, color applied to cheeks and lips, and painted in gold necklace. Preserver: [none]. Mat: Oval with sandy finish (late 1840s). Case: Paper-covered wood-frame embossed with "The Delicate Roses, Variant" design [Plate 123 reproduced on page 117 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969). Generally produced in large quantity (See page 187 for detailed background information about this design). The illustration shows the roses at the top. On case #111 the roses are on the bottom. Die-engraver: David Pretlove. See brief biographical sketch on page 201.] both front and back, with an eggplant velvet pinchpad and a red silk cushion (1845-1850). |
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