Half-length portrait of an unidentified seated adult female

Item Information

Title:
Half-length portrait of an unidentified seated adult female
Description:
Half-length frontal portrait of a seated adult female. She is wearing a dark v-neck dress with lace collar and brooch over a white blouse. Her hair is parted in the middle and pulled back behind her head revealing her earrings.
Creator:
Southworth & Hawes, daguerreotypist
Date:
1855
Genre:
Daguerreotypes--United States--1850-1860
Location:
Boston Athenaeum
Collection (local):
Daguerreotypes
Extent:
1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, hand tinted ; frame 24.5 x 21.5 x 2 cm.
Link to Item:
https://cdm16057.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p13110coll6/id/296
Terms of Use:
Collection of the Boston Athenæum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see https://www.bostonathenaeum.org/explore-learn/library/find-books-more/rights-reproductions/
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Referenced by:
http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=505518
Notes (date):
Approximately 1855.
Identifier:
Prints and Photographs Dept. (Appointment required) (photo) UTB-2 5.4 (no.10)
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