Sophia Hamersley
PhotographerPhotographed by
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Dateabout 1900
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 6 7/16 x 4 11/16in. (16.4 x 11.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 6 7/16 x 4 11/16in. (16.4 x 11.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 6 13/16 x 5 1/16in. (17.3 x 12.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 6 7/16 x 4 11/16in. (16.4 x 11.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 6 13/16 x 5 1/16in. (17.3 x 12.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionAn elderly woman is sitting in an ornately carved wooden armchair holding an open book in her lap. She is wearing a dress with lace trim and a cameo brooch pinned to the collar. A small federal style mirror surmounted by a carved eagle is on the wall behind her. She is reflected in a large mirror on the wall at the left.
Object number2011.63.66
InscribedOn verso, upper center, in mostly black ink (some pencil), "Miss Sophie Hamersley/The gr. aunt of/ Jane Hamersley Wright"On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject note: Sophia Hamersley was born in 1842. She was the youngest daughter of William James Hamersley, the sister of Elizabeth, Ogden, and William Hamersley. A daguerreotype showing her as a young girl (2011.63.81) was taken while she a pupil at the "Farmington School," presumably Miss Porter's School. (Ruocco 3/10/12)
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