Portrait of a Woman
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1842
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 3/4 × 6 1/4 × 3/8 inches (9.53 × 15.88 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 3 1/8 × 1/2 inches (9.53 × 7.94 × 1.27 cm)
Case (open): 3 3/4 × 6 1/4 × 3/8 inches (9.53 × 15.88 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 3 1/8 × 1/2 inches (9.53 × 7.94 × 1.27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.430
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn paper tape, behind plate, in pencil: "Retaped 9/10/96 DAW Exeter, NH / Hand cut No Hallmark but on the upper right corner of the long side is: [drawing] The tops were cut off / The left side corners are clipped narrow the other 2 are square. The plate is c. 1842 + the illumination is spectacular! The weight is medium".
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DescriptionImage of a young woman, her hair curled and pulled behind her ears, wearing a dark top with a wide lace collar. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass colored paper mat inside of a pebbled leather case with a brown velvet liner.
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