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My dead brother in his metallic coffin
Image: 1/6 plate; Postmortem of a child lying with eyes shut surrounded by different fabric. Preserver: Stiff & heavy, more golden (1847-50). Mat: Oval with matte finish (ca.1850). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a common "Lily and Rose" design [Plate 114 page 113 of "American Miniatu...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection (#3139) |
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| Date: | 1850 |
| Dimensions: | 7 x 8.4 cm 2 3/4 x 3 1/4 in 8 x 9.41.8 cm 3 1/8 x 3 11/16 in |
| Box Number: | Box 2A |
| Folder Number: | Folder [B] |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5641 |
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Image: 1/6 plate; Postmortem of a child lying with eyes shut surrounded by different fabric. Preserver: Stiff & heavy, more golden (1847-50). Mat: Oval with matte finish (ca.1850). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a common "Lily and Rose" design [Plate 114 page 113 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] design on both sides, with gilded pattern on the interior, with a red velvet pinchpad, and a ruby velvet cushion embossed with a very rare floral and geometric design with two cherub figures (ca.1850). |
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