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Boy dressed in plaid postmortem daguerreotype, 1854
Image: 1/6 plate; Postmortem head a shoulders of a boy with hair parted on one side, head laid on a white cushion, dressed in a plaid roundabout with shiny buttons, eyes partially closed and mouth open. Preserver: Straight, narrow, embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with matte fini...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection (#3139) |
| Date: | 1854 |
| Dimensions: | 7.1 x 8.3 cm 2 25/32 x 3 9/32 in 8.1 x 9.4 cm 3 3/16 x 3 11/16 in |
| Box Number: | Box 2C |
| Folder Number: | Folder I |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/2554 |
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Image: 1/6 plate; Postmortem head a shoulders of a boy with hair parted on one side, head laid on a white cushion, dressed in a plaid roundabout with shiny buttons, eyes partially closed and mouth open. Preserver: Straight, narrow, embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame unmatched half cases, embossed with an urn design on the front and a geometric design on the back, with gilded edge trim on the front interior, red velvet pinchpad and a ruby red velvet cushion embossed with a scrollowork design (1850s). |
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