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1870-1890
GUSN-12705
Centered ambrotype of an elderly woman, seated in a fur-covered chair. She wears a dark dress with a light colored shawl and holds embroidery in her lap. To the right is a tapestry covered table. White drap background. Wood frame has an applied spiral gesso rope at the center, gilded.
ambrotypes (photographs)
ambrotypes (photographs)
gesso
glass (material)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
portraits
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Gesso
Glass
Unidentified Paper
Ambrotype
Woman
Portrait
AMBROTYPE
Mat signed: G.C. Cox Photo.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Cox, G. C. (Photographer)
USA
14.375 x 11.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1810
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