Series Details
TitlePortrait of unknown woman
Series contains 3 items
Series contains 3 items
Dates
Date Created
Descriptive InformationCased print of a woman in a dark dress, cape, gloves and bonnet. Bonnet and cape appear to have black satin ribbon trimming. Woman has her hair parted in the center and pink tinted cheeks. Case is hinged, wood, covered with a reddish-brown leather-like material embossed with a floral pattern on the front and a small metal hook on the right edge. Interior left has a red velvet lining, embossed with name and address of gallery. Right side has a narrow, red velvet framing enclosing an embossed gilt metal frame, glass, gilt metal matte with open oval center and the print. Dates between 1845 to 1860. marks: interior left side embossed "root's/gallery/140/chestnut st./philad.a"
Physical Descriptions
Mediumdaguerreotypes (photographs)
TypeStill Image
Formatimage/jpeg
Contributing Institutions
Held By Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Identifiers
Digital IdentifierHAFE_11680
Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/93F37AAE2D213DA2B01E65CF6C69E827
Batch ID20170530151747
Rights
