Portrait of Mrs. Virginia McTaggert, 1869
THF63722 / Portrait of Mrs. Virginia McTaggert, 1869
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Artifact Overview
Virginia Parsons McTaggert posed in a photographer's studio in 1869. This portrait carte-de-visite is a product of that sitting. Cartes-de-visite, small photographic prints on cardboard stock, remained popular from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Americans commonly collected and exchanged them to commemorate family members or celebrities.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
1869
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
29.3171.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 2.5 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in pencil on back: See questionaire / Virginia Parsons / No corce (sic) 1929 / 1930
Handritten in ink on reverse: Mrs. Virginia / McTaggert / 1869
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