Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
Mary Shaw Tebeau |
Catalog Number |
2012.012.00009 |
Description |
Sixth-plate ambrotype, little girl sitting in child's chair, facing camera; hair is parted down the middle, combed down to the sides and cropped short at the earlobes, face is tilted down with eyes looking up at camera, back-fitted dress, plain fitted bodice with a wide neckline, cap sleeves tied up with satin ribbons that match satin ribbon at waistline, possibly edged in lace, skirt flared out, showing growth tucks and possibly a scalloped hem, left arm is resting along chair arm with hand gripping it, right arm is bent up and hand is gripping chair arm; nonpareil-style metal mat with leather-covered wood case with obverse [cover] section missing; case has a small nail with a small wire loop protruding from the top center; handwritten slip reads, "Minnie" Julie's 3rd child was tucked into the metal mat at bottom left; |
Medium |
Glass/Leather/Metal/Wood |
Studio |
Unknown |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Owner Regiment |
Not applicable |
Provenance |
Mary "Minnie" Shaw Tebeau (b. 1858), daughter of Julia Isabella Purse Tebeau. |
People |
Tebeau, Mary Shaw (Minnie) |
Search Terms |
Savannah, Georgia |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Cased photographs Children Domestic life Girls Photographs Photography Civilians |