Teenaged girl in chair

Artist Rufus Anson (American, active 1850s)

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (13.97 x 11.43 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4840

SignedOn mat recto, bottom, stamped: "Anson 589 Broadway"

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DescriptionImage of a young woman seated in an upholstered chair. She wears an off-the-shoulder dress with a full ruffled skirt and short sleeves. This half plate daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat stamped with the maker's name inside of a leather covered case embossed with an oval and grape motif and a red velvet liner embossed with a scroll motif.

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