Rhoda Phelps Salted Paper Portrait
Print, Photographic
1860 – 1870 (Earliest/Latest dates)
Measurement Notes: Frame: 14.75" x 12.25"
Measurement Notes: 7.5" x 5.25"
Measurement Notes: 7.5" x 5.25"
Salted paper portrait of Rhoda Phelps, wife of Roger Phelps. Subject is photographed from the chest up and wears her hair parted and in a white cap. She wears glasses and a simple black bodice with white blouse.
The photograph is oval shaped on rectangular paper. The walnut frame and mat have been removed in order to preserve the photograph: see Notes
The photograph is oval shaped on rectangular paper. The walnut frame and mat have been removed in order to preserve the photograph: see Notes
Gift of Marguerite Elizabeth Mills
1986.075.508