Photograph, Ambrotype: An Unknown Woman

Name/Title

Photograph, Ambrotype: An Unknown Woman

Entry/Object ID

P141

Description

One tinted ambrotype of a woman with dark hair wearing a dark spotted bodice, her cheeks have been tinted pink. The photograph has been framed behind a clear glass plate, set in a copper-tin frame with an oval opening and set in a wooden case covered with dark brown embossed leather, small brass hinged hook on right side of case for closure.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1860

Notes

Country of Origin: CANADA Support: GLASS Glass, Copper, Tin, Paper, Leather, Wood, Photography, Photography

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Ambrotype

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Positive, Direct

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Ambrotype, Ambrotype, Communication Artifacts

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photograph, AMBROTYPE

Dimensions

Height

7.3 cm

Width

6.3 cm