Women -- Portraits

Scope and Contents

The ambrotype of a white woman seated is in an intact decorated case with decorated red velvet on the interior and decorated brassware frame. The woman’s cheeks have been colorized pink. The latch is intact and functional and shows wear from opening and closing. The case and ambrotype are in excellent condition. The case is approximately 2.25” x 2.75” in size making the ambrotype a ninth plate.

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The daguerreotype of a white woman seated holding a book with books also on the table she is leaning on is in an intact decorated case with decorated red velvet on the interior and decorated brassware frame. The front exterior of the case features a bird design. The latch is intact and functional and shows wear from opening and closing. The item is in good condition. The case is approximately 3.25” x 3.75” in size.

Scope and Contents This collection is composed of four tintypes of white children and two cased images of white women. This material was acquired as a group, but there is no information supporting the related provenance of the material. The four tintypes include a child standing, a child or toddler seated in a stroller or other 19th century conveyance, a child seated holding a doll, and another child seated holding a doll. The ambrotype of a white child or toddler is in a broken case (the...