Title:
[Engraved portrait of a young girl.]
Creator/Contributor:
Britt, Peter, 1819-1905, artist
Abstract:
Copy of an engraving of a three-quarter length seated portrait of young girl wearing a hooded cape.
Date:
[ca. 1855]
Subject:
Girls
Note:
Gift of Emil and Mollie Britt to Zelda Mackay.
Type:
Portraits
Daguerreotypes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; quarter plate, visible image 8.9 x 6.4 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Printed in case well: GENUINE / UNION CASE, / IMPROVED. / Fine
Gilt and Burnished / Hinge. / Scovill Mf'g Co./. Accompanying note (typed): Daguerreotype copy made from an engraving, made
by Preter Britt, first photographer of Oregon, gift of Emil and Mollie Britt.;;;displayLabel="Image Package Note">Original
component parts: mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: decorative nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.;;;displayLabel="Container
or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric - [inset cameo portrait of Shakespeare?](Berg no. 3-25C). Material: thermoplastic.
Dimensions: 12.2 x 10.1 cm. Pad: purple velvet with embossed motif. Notes: Scovill Manufacturing Co. Notes: spine label -
419 (from prior owner). Very rare case. Mackay notes: The handsome case with medallion of Shakespeare was in the Britt gallery
photographic stock, and never sold or used.;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:064--CASE
Filename:
brk00040049_8a.tif
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[Engraved portrait of a young girl.]
