Unidentified Couple 1978-666-32
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Unidentified Couple
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTERS:
Names: Unknown
Description: Cabinet card of an unidentified couple in an semi-oval frame. The man sits in a fringe studio chair wearing a three-piece suit with only the tope button fastened, and a bow tie. The woman stands next to him with one hand on the man's shoulders. She is wearing a corseted, bustled dress with a dark jackets. She has an elaborate white lace collar adorned with flowers and a chain hanging from her jacket. The couple's fashions date this photo to the 1880s.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: The back of this cabinet card is blank or contains only an accession number.
Date: circa 1880s
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1978-666-32
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