Charlana Cady Sheldon and David Holmes Sheldon
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
SubjectPortrait of
Charlana M. Cady
American, 1817 - 1869
Dateabout 1900
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 x 3 1/4in. (10.2 x 8.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 9/16 x 3 7/8in. (14.1 x 9.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 1/8 x 5 1/4in. (18.1 x 13.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 9/16 x 3 7/8in. (14.1 x 9.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 1/8 x 5 1/4in. (18.1 x 13.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Catherine Rohlfs
DescriptionThree-quarter-length studio portrait of a woman and a man. The woman is seated on the left and wears a dress with a lace collar and cuffs. The man is seated on the right and wears a coat, vest, shirt, and tie. He also has a watchchain and a small pin on his lapel. He has a beard and sideburns.
Object number2001.58.0
InscribedVerso: Inscribed in pencil: at top, "David Holmes Sheldon & / wife Charlana (Cady) / Orig. taken abt. 1851"; accession number at lower right.NotesThis photograph appears to have been based on an ambrotype. Many small cracks are in the emulsion of the original are clearly visible in this photographic copy when it is examined with a magnifying glass. Such cracks would not be characteristic of a daguerreotype. Some small fragments of the image had flaked off and were lacking at the time the copy was made, and one substantial piece appears to have been glued back in place in the woman's collar. It is probable that the photograph was taken in an attempt to preserve the image of the deteriorating original. (Finlay 4/2/2002)Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
