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Photograph

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1880

GUSN

GUSN-18096

Description

Plush brown frame w/ doors opening to reveal carte-de visite portrait of a woman. Head and shoulders photograph of a young lady w/ her brown hair pulled back in a bun and curly bangs. She wears a white lace collar and white earrings.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
photographs
albumen (egg white)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Albumen
Woman
PICTURE, PORTRAIT

Inscription

Printed on back of photograph: ""Metcalf and Welldon,/ Photographers,/ 503 Washington St. Cor. West,/ Successors to Whipple./ Boston.""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

People and Organizations

Miss Jane Armstrong Tucker

Maker

Metcalf & Welldon (Maker (Photographers))

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA

Dimensions

5.75 x 4.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.2199

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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