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442731
  • Title
    [William Lawson, ca. 1860 - photographic portrait]
  • Call number
    MIN 134
  • Level of description
    file
  • Date

    ca. 1858-1861
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    442731
  • Physical Description
    Photographs - one, 5 x 4 inch (American size), tinted ambrotype portraits 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 - 11.2 x 8.7 cm. (image, sight) ; 14.1 x 11.6 cm. (case)
  • Scope and Content
    The man in this portrait is seated and leans against a table. The subject wears a three-piece suit with a diaper weave waistcoat, a white shirt with wing collar and soft cuffs, a ribbon tied at neckline and a fob chain.
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • General note

    Titled from two accompanying handwritten notes. The first reads, "William Lawson" whilst the second (possibly in a different hand) reads, "William Lawson - Son of / Lieut. Lawson - Mar. Caroline Icely"
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