Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
A ninth plate ambrotype produced or taken by Dr. H. M. Stuart sometime around 1859. A local dentist, Dr. Stuart's office was located at Custom House Square in Belfast under the "sign of the golden tooth." A paper maker's label is pasted to the reverse.
The unidentified woman wore a plaid dress trimmed with dark fabric. The sloped shoulder accents and trimmed pagoda sleeves help date the photograph to about 1859, into the early 1860s.
About This Item
- Title: Ambrotype of a young woman by Dr. Stuart, Belfast, ca. 1859
- Creation Date: circa 1859
- Subject Date: circa 1859
- Location: Belfast, Waldo County, ME
- Media: ambrotype
- Dimensions: 6.5 cm x 5.2 cm x 0.6 cm
- Local Code: 2007.224.009
- Collection: Vickery-Shettleworth collection of early Maine photography
- Object Type: Image
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