Young Woman in Profile

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 3/4 × 6 1/2 × 3/8 inches (9.53 × 16.51 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 5/8 inches (9.53 × 8.26 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.452

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn modern paper seal, plate verso, in pencil: "NO PLATE MAKER'S MARKS / COVER GLASS CLEANED, SEALED WITH FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE. 10.1.1998 GSW ATLANTA, GA."

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DescriptionImage of a young woman in profile with hair draped over her ears and pulled up into a bun. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat inside of a full leather pebbled push-button case with burgundy velvet liner.

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