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Woman wearing a tortoise comb in her hair daguerreotype, 1849
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with arm resting on cloth covered posing table, her hair oiled and brushed into a horizontal bend at the ears, a band at the forehead carried back to the crown knot and held by a tortoise comb, wearing a long sleeved dress with a low panel of shirred gathers, trimmed e...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes (#3404) |
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| Date: | 1849 |
| Dimensions: | 7.0 x 8.2 cm 2 3/4 x 3 7/32 in 8.0 x 9.3 cm 3 1/8 x 3 19/32 in |
| Box Number: | Box 2 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/6541 |
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Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with arm resting on cloth covered posing table, her hair oiled and brushed into a horizontal bend at the ears, a band at the forehead carried back to the crown knot and held by a tortoise comb, wearing a long sleeved dress with a low panel of shirred gathers, trimmed elbow-length sleeve caps and whitework frill to match the standing collar, small hoop earrings, a bracelet on one wrist, and a brooch near the throat, a fine watch chain around her neck and a ring on one finger, holding a small box in the hand resting on her lap, color applied to her cheeks, earrings, brooch, watch chain and ring are gilded. Preserver: [none] (pre-1847). Mat: Nonpariel with sandy finish (1840s). Case: Leather-covered wood frame half case with a scarce geometric design (Berg No. 5-81) embossed on the back (the engraver's name PAQUET SC appears in the lower left corner and PHILADA in the lower right corner - listed as a die sinker in Philadelphia 1850-55 and as a die sinker with the U.S. Bureau of Engraving & Printing in Philadelphia in 1858), with a red velvet pinchpad (1850s). |
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