Cased ambrotype of an unidentified woman
date: label: Date
content: 1855-1870
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: An ambrotype in a double case of an unidentified elderly woman. The woman is seated and facing directly at the camera. She wears a dark colored shawl over a plaid dress and has a cap with a lace-trimmed edge on her head that ties at the front neck. Her hands are crossed and resting in her lap. Her lips are tinted a light pink and her dress has a light blue tint. The image is in a gilt frame that is set loosely (not adhered or otherwise attached) into the front section of a double case, with the back side of the case empty. The image is backed by a piece of card board with no writing that is tucked into the back edges of the gilt frame. The case is lined in red leather with a gold scrollwork border design. A rectangular red velvet pillow with an embossed floral design is adhered to the front cover and back cover of the case to protect the images housed in the central frame, which is thick enough to hold two glass plate images, with the edges finished in gilded paper. The outside of the case is covered in blue velvet with four (4) metal decorative floral pieces nailed to the front cover, one in each corner. The right side of the case folds over partially onto the front of the case and there is a metal clasp at the center front to close it. There are no decorative elements on the back of the case beyond the velvet covering.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.166.39
objectType: label: Type
content: ambrotypes
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: collodion and silver on glass photographic plates in velvet, pasteboard, leather, and metal case
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image in frame): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (8.3 × 7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (case open): 3 7/8 × 9 × 13/16 in. (9.8 × 22.9 × 2.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (case closed): 3 7/8 × 3 5/8 × 1 1/8 in. (9.8 × 9.2 × 2.9 cm)