Portrait of woman wearing cape and bonnet
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Item Details
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
Identifiers
Digital IdentifierHAFE_11680_001
Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/707438B9B517328DA330EC4FB378ECCA
Batch ID20170530151747