Ambrotype

Name/Title

Ambrotype

Entry/Object ID

2000.148.075A-C

Description

(A) Portrait of a young woman with hair curled in ringlets. Dress is plaid with white lace collar. (B) Image is framed in gold colored pressed tin frame with scalloped edges. (C) Case made of leather and wood with a hook latch. Dimensions: Height 2 3/4" Width 2 1/2" Material: Collodion coated glass plate dipped in emulsion. Pressed tin frame. Leather case.

Collection

Documentary Artifacts

Made/Created

Notes

Date: Unknown

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

Condition

Overall Condition

Good