Decatur and Rosaline Harrison

Image: 1/6 plate; Seated man and woman, man wearing dark jacket with a wide lapel, vest, pants, and tie with a white shirt, the woman with hair parted in the center and covering her ears, wearing a long-sleeved dress made of pattern printed fabric, cinched at the waist with a belt, and a high white...

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Main Author: Insley (Creator)
Collection:Batcheler, Hartshorne, and Sahlin families papers (#3173)
Date:1843
Dimensions:6.8 x 8.2 cm
2 11/16 x 3 7/32 in
8.0 x 9.3 cm
3 1/8 x 3 19/32 in
Box Number:Box V V
Format: Electronic
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Copyright:Public domain
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/6419
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Summary: Image: 1/6 plate; Seated man and woman, man wearing dark jacket with a wide lapel, vest, pants, and tie with a white shirt, the woman with hair parted in the center and covering her ears, wearing a long-sleeved dress made of pattern printed fabric, cinched at the waist with a belt, and a high white collar with a brooch at her throat, the brooch and belt buckle both with applied gilding. Preserver: [none] (pre-1847). Mat: Elliptical with pebbled finish (1839- mid 1840s). Case: Leather covered wood frame embossed with a variation of Pretlove's common "The Delicate Roses, Variant" [Plate 123 p.117 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] on the front, and the common "The Delicate Roses, Variant" [Plate 125 p.118 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] on the back, with a red velvet pinchpad, and a rose red silk cushion (1844-47).