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Elizabeth Graff Murphey daguerreotype, 1858
Image: 1/6 plate; Woman wearing a dark silk moiré gown, probably black, buttoned down the front, with wide belled sleeves trimmed with velvet ribbonand sheer white flared undersleeves and wide whitework collar; she wears a brooch at her throat and a chain at her waist, with her center parted...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection (#3139) |
| Date: | 1858 |
| Dimensions: | 6.9 x 8.2 cm 2 23/32 x 3 1/4 in 8 x 9.3 cm 3 1/8 x 3 19/32 in |
| Box Number: | Box 2A |
| Folder Number: | Folder 200 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5628 |
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Image: 1/6 plate; Woman wearing a dark silk moiré gown, probably black, buttoned down the front, with wide belled sleeves trimmed with velvet ribbonand sheer white flared undersleeves and wide whitework collar; she wears a brooch at her throat and a chain at her waist, with her center parted hair in ringlets that cover her ears; color applied to her cheeks, chin and lips. Preserver: Straight, narrow, embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a common "Thistle Motif" design [Plate 119 page 115 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] on both sides, with gilded patterned trim on both exterior and interior, with a red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion embossed with a geometric design (ca.1850). |
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