Content/DescriptionThree-quarter length seated portrait of young woman, one arm resting on table with her hand to her cheek and other in her lap, wearing a dark dress with velvet accents, lace collar and sleeves, and jewelry (ring, earrings, and brooch).
Title
[Unidentified woman from the Whipple family of Oakland.]
Published
ca. 1854
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1905.16242:047--CASE
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : stereo daguerreotype ; quarter plate, each visible image 5.4 x 3.9 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face, hands, and lace of color and sleeves slightly hand colored. Mat: double oval. Preserver: textured (removed and stored separately).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: stereoscopic case. Material: leather (pigskin) over wood. Dimensions: 12 x 9.3 cm. Notes: spine label - 585 (from prior owner). Mascher stereo lense plate insert in case cover.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Stamped on lens insert: Mascher's Improved Stereoscope / Philada. / Patent / March 8th 1853. Accompanying note (by Zelda Mackay, handwritten): Rare Mascher's stereoscope daguerreotype of daughter of prominent East Bay Whipple Family.</physfacet>;;;
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