Untitled (Woman)

Photograph

Dorros Photography Collection

Name/Title

Untitled (Woman)

Entry/Object ID

2022.112

Description

A young woman wearing a gingham dress is seated with hands crossed in her lap. She wears a braid across the top of her hair.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Ambrotype

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Date made

circa 1860

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Paper note

Transcription

Written note says...born Nov11,1843 Ann(Anderson)Smith, died Sept.19,1875, wife of Lambert Smith Great grandmother of Bergen + Ernest Berkaw, Jr, 2/18/59 (see #852, #856 for same family)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Case dimensions

Height

3 in

Width

2-1/2 in

Depth

1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Plate size: sixth

Condition

Reason for Exam

Inventory

Date Examined

Aug 25, 2022

Examined By

Rosanna Hemerik

Notes

Case black, wood covered with embossed paper; red velvet liner; brass preserver intact; brass mat, good condition; glass bubble, accretion, sticky accretion, accretion leak under glass? inherent? causing dark hatch-like marks in image; black spinal tape; residues, abrasions, scratches; one intact clasp.