Portrait of a Chinese woman with daguerreotype

Book TitlePortrait of a Chinese woman with daguerreotype

Exhibition TitlePortrait of a Chinese woman with daguerreotype

Artist Unknown

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 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 × 5/8 inches (9.53 × 8.26 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2005.37.9

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn modern paper seal, on plate verso, in pencil: "INTACT PAPER SEAL REMOVED, COVER GLASS REPLACED, RE-SEALED WITH FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE. 5.11.1995 GSW ATLANTA, GA."

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DescriptionImage of a woman of Asian descent seated in a chair beside a table with an open daguerreotype. There appears to be a traveling case positioned at her feet and she holds an object in her lap. She has a plaid scarf wrapped around her head and she wears pants under a long garment that falls below her knees. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass oval mat (without preserver) with a burgundy velvet liner inside of a decorative paper covered wooden case with metal clasps.

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