Portrait of a Woman

Artist Alexander Hesler (American, born Canada, 1823 - 1895)

Dateca. 1850-1854

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (13.97 × 11.43 cm)
Case (open): 6 1/16 × 9 5/8 × 3/8 inches (15.4 × 24.45 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 6 1/16 × 4 3/4 × 11/16 inches (15.4 × 12.07 × 1.75 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.348

SignedOn velvet liner, embossed: "HESLER / ARTIST / GALENA"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn plate verso, modern paper seal, in pencil: "DOUBLE [image] A.GAUDIN 40 / PLATE MAKER'S MARK LOWER RIGHT CORNER / THIS IMAGE ORIGINAL TO HESSLER CASE / ORIGINAL COVER GLASS REPLACED, RESEALED WITH FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE 11-7-1994 GSW ATLANTA, GA."

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DescriptionImage a young woman wearing a long-sleeved dress seated with her hand to her chin. This half plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a pebbled leather push-button case with an embossed red velvet liner.Published References

Published References

"Some Practical Experiences of a Veteran Daguerreotypist," Photographic Times and American Photographer 19:391 (March 15, 1889): 130-01; and Peter E. Palmquist and Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide, A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2005): 319-20.

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