Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
Ella Stowe Purse (tentative) |
Catalog Number |
2012.012.00007 |
Description |
Ninth-plate ambrotype, young woman, posed 3/4 to the left, bust portrait, hair combed back and styled with center part, elaborate ringlet coil towards the back with flowers, cheeks tinted pink, wide neck bodice edged in whitework exposing shoulders, elbow-length sleeves, possibly modified basque style; oval mat with raised flower border; simple stamped preserver; case is leather-covered wood, embossed on reverse with foliate scroll; obverse case section missing; |
Medium |
Brass/Glass/Metal/Leather/Wood |
Studio |
Unknown |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Owner Regiment |
Not applicable |
Provenance |
Tentatively identified as Ella Stowe Purse (1844-1860), sister of Julia Isabella Purse Tebeau. |
People |
Purse, Ella Stowe (tentative) |
Search Terms |
Savannah, Georgia |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Cased photographs Photographs Photography Wet plate negatives Women Civilians |