Title:
[Post-mortem portrait of Eloise Channing Cook.]
Abstract:
Three-quarter length portrait of a dead girl, lying down, and holding a rose.
Date:
[ca. 1855]
Subject:
Children
Girls
Pioneers -- California
Type:
Portraits
Ambrotypes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : ambrotype ; quarter plate, visible image 6.8 x 8.8 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Label (typewritten): Corpse of Eloise Channing Cook / daughter
of Elisha and Willie / Cook of San Francisco. Age 3. / An ambrotype. / (handwritten): famous gold rush lawyer [referring to
Elisha].;;;displayLabel="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass
with asphaltum backing, face slightly hand colored. Mat: oval. Preserver: decorative.;;;displayLabel="Container or Case Note">Type:
case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 12 x 9.4 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed floral motif.
Notes: spine label - 345 (from prior owner).;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:060--CASE
Filename:
brk00040045_8a.tif
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