Three-quarter-length seated portrait of girl wearing dot-patterned dress with a pin by the collar and a long chain around her neck attached to a long metal object near her belt. Her left arm rests on a table where a daguerreotype lies. She sits in an elaborately pierced and carved wooden chair ending in a finial top. Title devised by cataloger. Double elliptical textured mat, stamped "Silsbee," at center bottom. Decorative protector. Red velvet lining embossed with leaf and scroll design. Brown case embossed with scalloped oval with scroll and flower border. Two hook-and-eye clasps. Purchased from Philip Scalisi. #8630.2.
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