Name/Title
Woman with one eye shut ambrotypeEntry/Object ID
2023.58.1Description
Ambrotype "positive" photographic image on glass plate of a woman in a dark, corseted dress with her hair aggressively parted in the middle (c1850s) and one eye closed. The image has no backing glass or case.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
AmbrotypeContext
The image belonged to Ev Thomas. His son, John Thomas, donated the image to the SDHC but has no information about the origins of the photo or the sitter. The ambrotype was introduced in the 1850s but by the 1860s it was superseded by the tintype. Like the daguerreotype, which the Ambrotype replaced, each is a unique original that could only be duplicated by using a camera to copy it. Typically this kind of image is mounted in a decorate frame.Cataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2023.58Source or Donor
Thomas, JohnAcquisition Method
Donation, unconditionalCreate Date
December 2, 2023Update Date
December 15, 2023
