Image
Description
Content/DescriptionFull length portrait of infant in stroller. Unusual outdoor portrait with fence in background. 1860 Santa Cruz census lists son of J. S. Mattison, Frank, as 5 months old - possibly the sitter.
Details
Title
[Baby in a stroller (smiling); possibly Frank Mattison]
Published
ca. 1860
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1989.049:005--CASE
Type
Image
Format
Portraits
Ambrotypes
Ambrotypes
Extent
1 photograph : ambrotype ; sixth plate, visible image 6.9 x 5.6 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
Similar tintype backing plate found in 1989.049:004 and 1989.049:006, possibly indicating that they, too, are by J.S. Mattison.
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with melainotype (tintype) plate backing. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: no container.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">On mat (LR): J.S. Mattison.</physfacet>;;;
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with melainotype (tintype) plate backing. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: no container.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">On mat (LR): J.S. Mattison.</physfacet>;;;
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