Portrait of a Woman

Artist Smith & Hale (American, active ca. 1841)

Dateca. 1841

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (ninth): 2 1/2 × 2 inches (6.35 × 5.08 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 × 1/2 inches (9.53 × 8.26 × 1.27 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.432

SignedPink label attached to paper liner in case, behind plate, in black type: "Made at / Smith's, / No. 2 Milk St., / Opposite Old South, / Boston."

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DescriptionImage of a woman wearing an off-the-shoulder top and a necklace. This ninth plate daguerreotype is housed in a decorative stamped mat with a leaf motif inside of an simple case with tiny flowers embossed at the corners and a purple velvet liner.

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