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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist, American
Date1845-1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsOverall (Closed): 3 3/4 × 3 × 3/4 in. (9.5 × 7.6 × 1.9 cm)
Overall (Open): 3 3/4 × 6 5/8 × 1/2 in. (9.5 × 16.8 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Paul Parker Memorial Fund
Object number2023.4.3
Not on view
Description1/6 plate daguerreotype depicting a seated woman holding an open daguerreotype case in her lap. The daguerreotype is housed in an embossed leatherette case.
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Additional Details
Unknown artist, American
Date: 1850-1860
Medium: Daguerreotype
Object number: INV.1077
Robert Everett Jr.
Date: 1849-1856
Medium: Daguerreotype with hand coloring
Object number: 2004.1
Date: c. 1860
Medium: Ambrotype with hand tinting
Object number: 2023.4.2
Julia Margaret Cameron
Date: 1867 (published 1893)
Medium: Photogravure, mounted on matboard
Object number: 1990.6
Unknown artist, American
Date: 1865-1875
Medium: Tintype, thermoplastic (sawdust, cellulose, shellac)
Object number: S2026.4.1
Unknown artist, American
Date: 1865-1870
Medium: Tintype
Object number: S2023.1.57
Unknown artist, American
Date: c. 1885
Medium: Albumen print mounted on cardstock
Object number: 2024.9.1
Barbara Walker MBE RA
Date: 2018
Medium: Graphite on embossed paper
Object number: 2019.11
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather, porcupine quill, feathers, tin cones, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.535
Unknown artist, American
Date: 1865-1875
Medium: Tintype
Object number: 2023.4.1