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Man with high collar and large bow tie ambrotype, 1854
Image: 1/6 plate Cuttings ambrotype; Head and shoulders of a man, hair parted on one side and puffed at the forehead, wearing a dark jacket with a high rise in the collar at the back of the neck, a mid-toned vest, and a white shirt buttoned at the front, with an upturned collar, and a dark bow tie,...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes (#3404) |
| Date: | 1854 |
| Dimensions: | 7.0 x 8.3 cm 2 3/4 x 3 9/32 in 8.2 x 9.4 cm 3 7/32 x 3 11/16 in |
| Box Number: | Box 2 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/6540 |
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Image: 1/6 plate Cuttings ambrotype; Head and shoulders of a man, hair parted on one side and puffed at the forehead, wearing a dark jacket with a high rise in the collar at the back of the neck, a mid-toned vest, and a white shirt buttoned at the front, with an upturned collar, and a dark bow tie, color applied to his cheeks. Preserver: Straight, narrow, embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (ca.1854). Case: Leather-covered wood frame half case embossed with a common Thistle Motif design [Plate 119 on page 115 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] on the back, with exterior and interior gilded edge trim, and a red velvet pinchpad (ca. 1858). |
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