Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
Mrs. Louis A. Adam |
Catalog Number |
0985.05.00171 |
Description |
Ninth-plate ambrotype on ruby glass with applied color. Head shot, woman, head slightly angled right, face turned left to camera, looking at camera, hair parted down center, side wings smoothed back at ears with hair hanging down neck in a net, edges of a bow in hair visible on left side, dangle earrings, possibly of jet and pearl, top of collar, possibly lace, visible. Oval-style metal mat with beaded embossing around frame opening, brown velvet pad. Plain leather-covered case, embossed edging, with button latch and brass hinges in the spine. |
Medium |
Brass/Glass/Leather/Metal/Paint/Photographic Emulsion/Velvet/Wood |
Studio |
Unknown |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Provenance |
Photograph of Mrs. Louis A. Adam, of New Orleans, taken in Richmond, Virginia, in 1865. (donor information) |
People |
Adam, Louis A., Mrs. |
Search Terms |
New Orleans, Louisiana Richmond, Virginia |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Cased photographs Civilians Photographic studios Photographs Photography War Women |