Image is accompanied by a page of printed poetry. Published in "Photographic Album for the Year 1857." The descriptive text reads, "Taken on Collodian, June, 1856; weather, sunny morning; Exposure twenty-five seconds; developed with Pyrogallic Acid. Lens, French (name unknown); focal length fifteen images; diameter, combination, four and a half and six inches; Diapragm one inch. Printed on Toogood's plain paper, Ammonio-Nitrate of Silver and Sel d'Or toning bath, by Spencer.
Date
circa 1857
Source
Albumen print on paper, 8 3/8 in. x 6 1/4 in. (21.27 cm x 15.88 cm)
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Credit Line
Gift of Sharon Walther Blasgen '64 and Michael Blasgen