“Young Woman Wearing a Scallop Trimmed Bodice and Chained Locket”
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of a
“Young Woman Wearing a Scallop Trimmed Bodice and Chained Locket”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: In this carte de visite portrait a young woman looks down to her right with a serious and demure composure. Her forehead is adorned with a mass of dark curls which are topped with a bouquet of flowers. The remainder of her hair has been waved and allowed to fall behind her shoulders. She wears a fitted, front-buttoned, belted, dark bodice with scalloped trimming. Around her neck is a black, cloth, choker and a single, long chain. To the top end of this chain is linked two unidentified objects, and to the lower end of the chain is a locket that has been tucked into the belt of her bodice. Hanging from her left ear can be seen a dark, long pendant earring. Under her white lace collar she wears a plaid neck scarf.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: Hugh Anderson’s imprint is on the center of the back of this carte de visite. Anderson created several versions of his Petaluma imprint. An expanded, possibly later, version appears here. It is printed in red ink and includes four lines of text, each in a different font. The text is embellished above and below with a horizontally flipped, elaborate flourish.
Date: January 1872 - December 1873
Condition: This carte de visit is in sharp focus, and its condition is very good.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2001-178-03
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