Object ID:
2001.154
Title:
Carte de visite, Elderly blind woman reading a book
Photographer:
Philip Wright's Photograph Gallery
Place:
Philadelphia
Date:
ca. 1865
Description:
Sepia-toned photo mounted on card stock. Shows an elderly woman seated at a cloth-covered table, in an ornately carved wood-back chair, reading a book by touch. She is wearing dark eyeglasses. Her long dark dress has bishop sleeves and a large white collar. The ribbons of her dark cap are tied beneath her chin. "Philip Wright's Photograph Gallery, 512 N. Second Street, Below Buttonwood, Philadelphia" is printed on the center back of the card. Cartes de visite were popular during the Civil War era.
Studio:
Philip Wright's Photograph Gallery
Medium:
Card stock, paper
Print Size:
4 x 2 1/2 in.
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Elderly blind woman reading
Elderly blind woman reading