[Profile portrait of a young woman].

ca. 1857

Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870

BANC PIC 1989.024:002--CASE

Image

1 photograph : ambrotype ; ninth plate, visible image 4.4 x 3.2 cm.

The Bancroft Library

<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with painted (varnish?) backing; face, jewelry and buttons slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric - medallion (Krainik no. 431). Material: thermoplastic. Dimensions: 7 x 6.5 cm. Pad: blue velvet with embossed motif. Notes: Littlefield, Parsons & Co.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Printed in case well: Littlefield, Parsons & Co., / -Manufactures of- / Daguerreotype Cases. / L., P. & Co., are the sole / Proprietors and only legal Manu- / factures of Union Cases, with the / Embracing Riveted Hinge. / Patented, Oct. 14, 1856, & April 21, 1857. Blind stamped on mat: Holmes Booth & Hayden's Superfine / Waterbury Conn. No [?].</physfacet>;;;

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