442726
- Title[Caroline Lawson, ca. 1862 - photographic portrait]
- Call numberMIN 135
- Level of descriptionfile
- Date
ca. 1862 - Type of material
- Reference code442726
- Physical DescriptionPhotographs - one 1/4 plate tinted ambrotype on purple glass with pinchbeck frame with glass cover, stored inside red velvet lined case of red-brown morocco leather, hinged lid, and two metal hooks and two eyelets for closing mechanism - 8.8 x 6.7 cm. (image, sight) ; 11.9 x 9.5 cm. (case)
- Scope and ContentThe female in this portrait wears a full black dress with sheer black engageants underneath pagoda sleeves, a white [widow's ?] cap, and a brooch at neckline that features a daguerreotype photograph, edged in gold, of three [possibly four] children.
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Access via appointment - General note
Titled from two accompanying handwritten notes. The first reads, ""Caroline Lawson"" whilst the second (in a different hand) reads, ""Caroline Icely - married / William Lawson - son of / L't Lawson / See Street Notes - Table 6""...""
Dated from costume and death date of Caroline's husband, William Lawson (1805-1861). - Name
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