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Woman with ringlets and large tortoise comb daguerreotype, 1847

Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with arm resting on cloth-covered posing table, hair parted in the center and covering the ears with shoulder-length ringlets, a tortoise comb tucked in the crown, wearing a pattern-printed dress with long sleeves with whitework undersleeves, with shirred gathers at th...

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Collection:Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes (#3404)
Date:1847
Dimensions:6.9 x 8.2 cm
2 23/32 x 3 7/32 in
7.9 x 9.3 cm
3 1/8 x 3 19/32 in
Box Number:Box 2
Format: Electronic
Subjects and Genres:
Daguerreotype
Copyright:Public domain
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/6579
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title Woman with ringlets and large tortoise comb daguerreotype, 1847
spellingShingle Woman with ringlets and large tortoise comb daguerreotype, 1847
Daguerreotype
title_sort Woman with ringlets and large tortoise comb daguerreotype, 1847
title_txt_mv Woman with ringlets and large tortoise comb daguerreotype, 1847
date_txt_mv 1847
year_str_mv 1847
genre Daguerreotype
dimensions_txt_mv 6.9 x 8.2 cm
2 23/32 x 3 7/32 in
7.9 x 9.3 cm
3 1/8 x 3 19/32 in
description Image: 1/6 plate; Seated woman with arm resting on cloth-covered posing table, hair parted in the center and covering the ears with shoulder-length ringlets, a tortoise comb tucked in the crown, wearing a pattern-printed dress with long sleeves with whitework undersleeves, with shirred gathers at the waist, holding a nosegay in the hand resting on her lap. Preserver: [none] (pre-1847). Mat: Scallop with pebble finish (late 1840s-1851). Case: Leather-covered wood frame half case embossed with the Mixed Flowers, Variant design [Plate 137 on page 124 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] on the back, with interior gilded edge trim, and a red velvet pinchpad (ca. 1857).
subject_txt_mv LCSH: Daguerreotype
topic Daguerreotype
copyright_txt_mv Public domain
rights_statement_txt_mv None
collection Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes
collection_number_str_mv 3404
box_number_str Box 2
url https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/6579
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score 13.071978

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