Content/DescriptionHalf length, profile view portrait; wearing glasses and reading a newspaper.
Title
[Profile of Sherman Day (1806-1884) in a rocking chair and reading a newspaper.]
Published
ca. 1859
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1968.029:004--CASE
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : ambrotype ; quarter plate, visible image 8.7 x 6.4 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, backing glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum on backing glass (in the style of Cuttings Patent). Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: paper over wood? Dimensions: 12 x 9.4 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: blackened well (ambrotype case).</physfacet>;;;
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