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Half-profile of a woman with flowers in her hair hand-colored reproduction ambrotype, 1855
Image: 1/6 plate; Reproduction of a drawing of a young woman's face in half-profile with flowers in her hair and around her neck, wearing a white bodice, hand coloring applied to the flowers, face, neck and shoulders, eyes, cheeks and lips. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Doubl...
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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 7/32 in 8 x 9.3 cm 3 1/8 x 3 19/32 in |
| Box Number: | Box 2B |
| Folder Number: | Folder 85 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5755 |
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Image: 1/6 plate; Reproduction of a drawing of a young woman's face in half-profile with flowers in her hair and around her neck, wearing a white bodice, hand coloring applied to the flowers, face, neck and shoulders, eyes, cheeks and lips. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Double elliptical with matte surface (mid 1840s - mid 1850s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with geometric design front and back, with a red velvet pinchpad, and red velvet cushion embossed with a floral design (1850s). |
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