Female daguerreotypist with camera and sitter
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1855
MediumAmbrotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 5/16 × 1/2 inches (9.21 × 16.03 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 3/4 inches (9.21 × 7.94 × 1.91 cm)
Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 5/16 × 1/2 inches (9.21 × 16.03 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 3/4 inches (9.21 × 7.94 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.5
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DescriptionImage of two women wearing dresses with full skirts and shawls. One stands next to a camera on a tripod while the other is seated in a chair with a head clamp. This sixth plate cased ambrotype is housed in a leather case with an embossed blue velvet liner and a floral motif.Published ReferencesVirginia Penny, The Employments of Women: A Cyclopaedia of Woman's Work (Boston: Walker, Wise, & Co., 1863): 53-55.
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