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Dorothea Neff daguerreotype, 1853
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman wearing a sheer daycap and a dark long-sleeved dress or cloak with a high collar, gathers at the shoulder and cuffs at the wrist, buttoned at the front and pleated at the waist, holding a small beaded or printed fabric bag in her hand on her lap. Preserver: Straight, n...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection (#3139) |
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| Date: | 1853 |
| Dimensions: | 7 x 8.2 cm 2 3/4 x 3 7/32 in 8.1 x 9.2 cm 3 3/16 x 3 5/8 in |
| Box Number: | Box 2C |
| Folder Number: | Folder 215 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5875 |
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Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman wearing a sheer daycap and a dark long-sleeved dress or cloak with a high collar, gathers at the shoulder and cuffs at the wrist, buttoned at the front and pleated at the waist, holding a small beaded or printed fabric bag in her hand on her lap. Preserver: Straight, narrow, embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with sandy finish (late 1840s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a common "Thistle Motif" [Plate 119 page 115 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] both front and back, gilded edge trim in interior, red velvet pinchpad, and red velvet cushion embossed with a floral design (1850s). |
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