Portrait of a woman, ARB-193

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1898-1909

GUSN

GUSN-374221

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Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated
Series 1: Negatives
Subseries B: Subjects
Portraits (negatives ARB177-206, ARB 212, ARB356-357, ARB359, ARB370-371, ARB380-383)
Portrait of a woman, ARB-193
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Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated
- Series 1: Negatives
  - Subseries B: Subjects
    - Portraits (negatives ARB177-206, ARB 212, ARB356-357, ARB359, ARB370-371, ARB380-383)

Description

The image is a portrait of a woman identified as Peg Woffington. She is shown in a head-and-shoulders pose, wearing a headpiece and a garment with a high collar. The portrait is framed and has a label below her name, along with the text "SHAKESPEARE PART II, No. 12."

Details

Descriptive Terms

women (female humans)
portraits
drawings (visual works)
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP004101
Brown negative ARB-193

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC018

Collection Name

Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated

Reference Code

PC018.1.2.11.ARB-193

Record Details

Originator

Brown, Alice Augusta Rogerson, 1851-1928 (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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