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Image Not Available for Diantha Thompson Platt and Luther Sylvester Platt (left), and Mehetable Bronson Thompson (right)
Diantha Thompson Platt and Luther Sylvester Platt (left), and Mehetable Bronson Thompson (right)
Image Not Available for Diantha Thompson Platt and Luther Sylvester Platt (left), and Mehetable Bronson Thompson (right)

Diantha Thompson Platt and Luther Sylvester Platt (left), and Mehetable Bronson Thompson (right)

Date1850-1865
MediumPhotography; on left, ambrotype on glass with hand coloring, on right, possibly tintype on lacquered iron plate both in dark green leather covered case with gilt edging, and gold metal clasp in the shape of a lyre
Dimensions3 5/8 × 3 1/8 in. (9.2 × 7.9 cm)
Image Size (left): 2 1/2 × 2 in. (6.4 × 5.1 cm)
Image Size (right): 2 1/2 × 2 1/16 in. (6.4 × 5.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Charles Goss
Object number2005.125
DescriptionTwo studio portraits housed in a leather covered case. The left image is a half length view of a woman and a man, both seated with their hands in their laps. The woman appears to be wearing a brooch that has been hand-colored gold. On the right, a half length portrait of an elderly woman seated in a chair. She wears a white cap, and is holding knitting needles in her hand, and there is a ball of yarn on the arm rest of the chair.
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