Lodge, Martha 1994-IDI-01

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Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Martha Lodge & Child, c. 1865-1870

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer:  unidentified

THE SITTER(s):

Name(s): Martha Lodge and child

Description: 6-inch diameter tin disc with enamel portrait of Martha Lodge and an unidentified child. The image appears to be colored by hand. Lodge is sitting, wearing a dress with a hoop skirt. The child is standing next to her wearing an off the shoulder red dress. Lodge's dress dates this image to the 1860's, though the object and process may date it earlier.

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: tin disc, approximately 6 inch diameter

Medium: tin disc with enamel portrait

Description, Obverse: (identify group or individual, gender(s); identify pose, furniture & props; describe composition, background, added color…)

Description, Reverse: N/A

Date: c. 1865-1870

Condition: (note tears, foxing, fading)

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1994-IDI-01

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Lodge, Martha 1992-IDI-07-p4-p6

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George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Martha Lodge

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 SITTER:

Name: Martha Lodge

Description: CDV of a woman’s bust in an oval frame. Her hair is partially done in sausage curls, and she is wearing a dress with a large lace collar

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: carte de visite

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front:

Description, back: George Ross’ stamp

Date: circa 1862-1893

Condition:

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1992-IDI-07-p4-p6

Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced.  These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.