Flora Elsie Birdsey
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1867
MediumAmbrotype; collodion on glass with dark backing layer in brass window mat package, in thermoplastic case. Embossed purple velvet pad in left side of open case
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4in. (8.3 × 7cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 3/4in. (9.5 × 8.6 × 1.9cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 3/4in. (9.5 × 8.6 × 1.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Miss Theora J. Bunnell in memory of Ella Coe Birdsey Curtis
DescriptionSixth-plate ambrotype of Flora Elsie Birdsey when she was 17. She is wearing a dress with a small pattern on it (possibly floral; the plate deterioration makes it difficult to tell) and a small white collar. Her hair is parted in the middle and fashioned into ringlets.
Object number1952.114.1
NotesDate note: The object card states that the image was made in Meriden in 1867, when Flora was 17.Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
1855-1865
