Title:
[Young woman; member of the Bunce family.]
Abstract:
Half length, seated portrait of young woman wearing dark dress with velvet sleeves and lace collar with a large cameo. Seated
in painted chair.
Date:
[ca. 1856]
Subject:
Women
Young adults
Type:
Portraits
Ambrotypes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : ambrotype ; quarter plate, visible image 8.8 x 6.5 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">On mat: Dean & Emerson Patent Applied for / Worcester, Mass No.
19. Printed in case well (letterpress): HOLMES, BOOTH & HAYDENS' / DAGUERREOTYPE, / PHOTOGRAPHIC / AND / Ambrotype Goods,
/ Of every description. On case exterior (LL, under figures): HENNING & EYMANN, N.Y. [die-engravers]. Accompanying note (handwritten,
modern): One of the members of the Bunce family of New York, relatives of Willametta Hoff Cook, wife of famous San Francisco
gold rush lawyer, Elisha Cook.;;;displayLabel="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver.
Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Face slightly hand colored. Earrings highlighted with gold. Mat: decorative oval.
Preserver: decorative.;;;displayLabel="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: Parting of Hafed and Hinda or Lalla Rookh
(Krainik no. 35, Rinhart no. 239). Material: black thermoplastic. Dimensions: 12.4 x 10 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed
motif. Notes: [Henning and Eymann], die-engravers; Holmes, Booth & Hayden. Notes: spine label - 272 (from prior owner).;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:063--CASE
Filename:
brk00040048_8a.tif
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