Title:
[Profile of Sherman Day (1806-1884) in a rocking chair and reading a newspaper.]
Abstract:
Half length, profile view portrait; wearing glasses and reading a newspaper.
Date:
[ca. 1859]
Subject:
Men
Pioneers -- California
Type:
Portraits
Ambrotypes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : ambrotype ; quarter plate, visible image 8.7 x 6.4 cm.
displayLabel="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, backing glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with
asphaltum on backing glass (in the style of Cuttings Patent). Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Cover glass: added glass.
Preserver: decorative.;;;displayLabel="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: paper over wood? Dimensions:
12 x 9.4 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: blackened well (ambrotype case).;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1968.029:004--CASE
Filename:
brk00040487_8a.tif
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[Profile of Sherman Day (1806-1884) in a rocking chair and reading a newspaper.]
