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Photograph

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1875

GUSN

GUSN-51084

Description

A cut down, card-mounted sepia studio portrait of a girl with dark ringlets in a plaid dress.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
photographs
paper (fiber product)
photographs
figure- and animal-derived motifs
girls
portraits
Unidentified Paper
Unidentified Photograph
Portrait
Girl
PICTURE, PORTRAIT

Inscription

On the back is printed: Carl Meinerth's/Patent Mezzo-tinto Photograph./[insignia with the initials NPA]/Carl Meinerth,/Newburyport,/ Mass./Patented July 16, 1867. No.66, 726.

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Meinerth, Carl, Mr. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Newburyport, MA, USA

Dimensions

3.625 x 2.625 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.729

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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