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Seated woman holding spectacles with standing child daguerreotype, 1855
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman and child; Woman wearing white bonnet, and lace collar, with watch chain, holding spectacles; Child wearing lace collar, appears cross-eyed. Preserver: Straight, narrow, embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Double elliptical with matte surface (mid 1840s - m...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection (#3139) |
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| Date: | 1855 |
| Dimensions: | 6.9 x 8.2 cm 2 23/32 x 3 1/4 in 7.8 x 9.1 cm 3 1/16 x 3 19/32 in |
| Box Number: | Box 2A |
| Folder Number: | Folder 81c |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5590 |
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Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman and child; Woman wearing white bonnet, and lace collar, with watch chain, holding spectacles; Child wearing lace collar, appears cross-eyed. Preserver: Straight, narrow, embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Double elliptical with matte surface (mid 1840s - mid 1850s). Case: Paper-covered wood-frame embossed with floral design on front and geometric design on back with gilded pattern on exterior and interior, red velvet pinchpad, eggplant velvet cushion embossed with a relatively uncommon patriotic eagle design (1850-60s). |
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