Title:
[Margaret Blake-Alverson]
Date:
[ca. 1854]
Identifier:
DAG-0138
Format:
1 photograph : ambrotype ; sixth plate, visible image 2 1/2 x 2 in.
Content/Description:
Waist-length portrait of an 18 year old woman seated in a high-backed decorative wooden chair facing right, looking out; plaid
dress with puffy sleeves, lace color and cuffs; brooch painted gold.
Image Package Note:
Original component parts: plate, mat, preserver. Plate: possibly Cuttings Patent process, with backing glass adhered to plate;
tinted (slightly hand-colored). Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.
Case or Exterior Container Note:
Type: no case.
General Administrative Note:
DAGUERREOTYPE-V: BLAKE-ALVERSON, (MRS.) MARGARET C
Alternative Form:
Similar portrait available for viewing filed in the Portrait File under "Blake-Alverson, Margaret #56". No negatives on file.
Subjects:
Musicians--California.
Teenagers.
Blake-Alverson, Margaret--Portraits.
Pioneers--California.
Young adults.
Women.
Genre/Format:
Portraits.
Ambrotypes.