Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
Unidentified Child (Baby) |
Catalog Number |
2012.012.00029 |
Description |
Sixth-plate ambrotype; baby, seated in high-back chair, face turned slightly to the right, looking past camera, shoulder-line gown with cap sleeves, left arm stretched out with hand splayed over left knee, right elbow bent slightly with hand on lap, underskirt visible, legs bare, stretched out and relaxed, feet bare; case and black backing missing so image is in negative only; oval mat; preserver stamped with simple design; artist gallery, Jeffers, stamped in upper left-hand corner of mat; |
Medium |
Glass//Metal |
Studio |
Jeffers & Co. |
Photographer |
Jeffers, George A. |
Owner Regiment |
Not applicable |
Provenance |
Unidentified baby. This photograph is one of 40 passed down to the donor from the Purse family of Savannah, Georgia. |
People |
unidentified child |
Search Terms |
Savannah, Georgia |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Babies Cased photographs Children Civilians Infants Photographers Photographs Photography Wet plate negatives |