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Woman wearing a fringed pelerine daguerreotype, 1843
Image: 1/2 plate; Seated woman with arm resting on cloth covered posing table, hair parted in the center and smoothed down over the head covering most of the ears, back hair high on the crown, wearing a dark long sleeved dress with a matching fringed pelerine buttoned up the front, with a whitework...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes (#3404) |
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| Date: | 1843 |
| Dimensions: | 10.7 x 14.0 cm 4 7/32 x 5 1/2 cm 12.0 x 15.0 cm 4 3/4 x 5 29/32 cm |
| Box Number: | Box 6 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/6879 |
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Image: 1/2 plate; Seated woman with arm resting on cloth covered posing table, hair parted in the center and smoothed down over the head covering most of the ears, back hair high on the crown, wearing a dark long sleeved dress with a matching fringed pelerine buttoned up the front, with a whitework collar clasped at the throat with a large brooch, a book held open in her lap, ring on one finger. Preserver: [none] (pre-1847). Mat: Octagonal with sandy finish (late 1840s). Case: Leather covered wood frame embossed with a floral design on the back only, with a plain (unembossed) plum purple cushion (ca. 1847). |
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