Marcus Aurelius Root
1855 (ca)
Frances Anne Carey (Mrs. Isaac Lea), 1799-1874

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Library Company of Philadelphia
Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson. Accession number: P.2006.32.2
 
Bust-length portrait of Frances Anne Carey, her face framed in a large lace cap tied under her chin. She has a slight smile on her face, and is looking straight ahead.
 
Stamped on mat: M. A. Root, Phila.
 
LL/52589