Image 2: Ambrotypes

Image 2: Group portraits

Image 2: [Two sisters of John McCarthy.]

Image 2: Content/DescriptionThree-quarter length portrait of two young women seated next to each other. One woman is holding a book.

Image 2: Women

Image 2: Young adults

Image 2: Girls

Image 2: Teenagers

Image 2: Original component parts: plate, mat, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum on backing glass, faces slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative.;;;

Image 2: [ca. 1855]

Image 2: ambrotype ; ninth plate, visible image 5 x 3.6 cm.

Image 2: BANC PIC 1905.16242:098a

Image 3: Portraits

Image 3: Ambrotypes

Image 3: [John McCarthy as a boy.]

Image 3: Content/DescriptionHalf length portrait as a boy, wearing a narrow bow tie over a turned down collar.

Image 3: Children

Image 3: Boys

Image 3: Teenagers

Image 3: Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass[?], preserver. Plate: clear glass with black metal backing plate, face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval, star-spangled motif. Cover glass: replaced glass. Preserver: decorative.;;;Blind stamped on mat: Dean & Emerson, Patent Applied for / Worcester Mass No 31.;;;

Image 3: [ca. 1855]

Image 3: ambrotype ; ninth plate, visible image 5 x 3.6 cm.

Image 3: BANC PIC 1905.16242:098b

Image 4: Portraits

Image 4: Ambrotypes

Image 4: [Sister of John McCarthy.]

Image 4: Content/DescriptionHalf length portrait of a girl wearing a black lace fichu (shawl) and jewelry (brooch).

Image 4: Children

Image 4: Girls

Image 4: Teenagers

Image 4: Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with blackened iron backing plate, face slighlty hand colored. Mat: decorative oval, star-spangled motif. Preserver: decorative.;;;Blind stamped on mat: Dean & Emerson, Patent Applied for / Worcester Mass No 32.;;;

Image 4: [ca. 1855]

Image 4: ambrotype ; ninth plate, visible image 5 x 3.6 cm.

Image 4: BANC PIC 1905.16242:098c

Image 5: Portraits

Image 5: Ambrotypes

Image 5: [Mother of John McCarthy.]

Image 5: Content/DescriptionRight reading, bust length portrait of a woman wearing jewelry (earrings and brooch) and a white collar.

Image 5: Women

Image 5: Original component parts: plate, mat, preserver. Plate: clear glass with blackened iron backing plate. Mat: oval. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative.;;;

Image 5: [ca. 1855]

Image 5: ambrotype ; ninth plate, visible image 5 x 3.6 cm.

Image 5: BANC PIC 1905.16242:098d