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Woman wearing a dress with a cadet bodice daguerreotype, 1848
Image: 1/6 plate with a J. P. hallmark (French daguerreotype plate manufacturer's plate hallmark) in the bottom left corner; Woman seated in elaborate wooden posing chair with arm resting on wooden posing table, hair parted in the center, covering the ears with small puffs, wearing a dark dress...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes (#3404) |
| Date: | 1848 |
| Dimensions: | 6.9 x 8.1 cm 2 23/32 x 3 3/16 in 7.8 x 9.0 cm 3 1/16 x 3 17/32 in |
| Box Number: | Box 4 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/6660 |
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Image: 1/6 plate with a J. P. hallmark (French daguerreotype plate manufacturer's plate hallmark) in the bottom left corner; Woman seated in elaborate wooden posing chair with arm resting on wooden posing table, hair parted in the center, covering the ears with small puffs, wearing a dark dress with a cadet-style bodice buttoned at the throat but open in front, with narrow 3/4 length sleeves under closely fitted caps, with white undersleeves with frilled manchettes, a frilled white standing collar, three rings on her fingers, a pencil cord around her neck, and a pocket watch chain attached to one bodice buttonhole. Preserver: [none] (pre-1847). Mat: Nonpariel with sandy finish (1840s). Case: Leather covered wood frame embossed with a floral design on the front only, with a simple boxed pattern on the back, with a red velvet pinchpad and a red velvet cushion embossed with an eagle and the photographer's name and address (late 1840s). |
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