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Photograph

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1868-1899

GUSN

GUSN-12681

Description

Black and white studio portrait of a group of five women and five men. Set in an off-white mat with a gilt stripe around an oval opening. Under glass in a leafy carved frame with a gilt interior edge. pine back boards.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
photographs
carving (processes)
gilding
glass (material)
paper (fiber product)
photographs
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
people (agents)
portraits
Unidentified Paper
Glass
Unidentified Photograph
Gilded
Carved
People
Portrait
PICTURE, PORTRAIT

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

11.875 x 10 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1788

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