“Young Girl Standing on a Chair”
/Robert Peterson Dammand’s Portrait Photograph of an a “young girl standing on a chair”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
ROBERT PETERSON DAMMAND (Dammond) was born on September 6, 1855, in Horsens, Denmark, and died on January 27, 1936, in Glendale, California. He worked as a photographer in Iowa and Southern California before arriving in Petaluma in November 1901. He resided on Petaluma’s D Street and located his photographic studio opposite the American Hotel over the Steiger Building on Main Street. In late July 1905, Dammand departed Petaluma to set up a studio in Richmond, California. (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: The composition of this vertical cabinet card is unusual. The photographer has chosen to poise an unidentified young girl standing on a high-back wooden chair. She grasps the turned post of the chair’s back with her left hand and, with a sad but determined demeanor, looks to her right. She appears to be approximately four years old. She wears a drop-waist, white dress with flounced cuffs and yoke collar. Her shoulder-length hair has been parted on the side and drawn to her right with a light colored bow.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: matte collodion print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: The painted backdrop of this vertically formatted portrait depicts a large plant in the lower right.
Description, back: The back of this cabinet card is either blank or contains only an accession number.
Date: November 1901 - July 1905
Condition: This cabinet card is in good condition.
Owner: Private collector, digital copy by permission
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