Object ID:
2004.1
Title:
Ambrotype of an elderly woman wearing tinted eyeglasses
Photographer:
unknown
Place:
unknown
Date:
after 1854
Description:
The head-and-shoulders portrait shows the woman, who is seated, wearing a dark dress with a lace collar. A shawl is draped around her shoulders. A ribbon with a brooch is around her neck. Her hair covers her ears and is up in the back, with large ribbons hanging from the sides. Her cheeks are tinted. Her tinted eyeglasses are small with wire frames.The ambrotype is encased in a molded black Union case with a raised picture of the fictional Sir Roger De'Coverly and the Gypsies (vendor's information) on both front and back. The case has burgundy velvet padding on the inside, and the ambrotype is beneath glass with an ornate gold-colored metal preserver. Small 1/4 in. mark on top left of plate; bottom left corner on front of case is chipped and adjacent back edge of case has small crack.
Medium:
Glass ambrotype ; thermoplastic, metal, velvet case
Print Size:
1/4 plate ambrotype ; 5 x 4 x 3/4 i
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Elderly woman with glasses
Elderly woman with glasses