Portrait of a Woman Holding a Daguerreotype

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Portrait of a Woman Holding a Daguerreotype
Portrait of a Woman Holding a Daguerreotype
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.

Additional Details

Portrait of Hubbard C. Pond
Unknown artist, American
Date: 1850-1860
Medium: Daguerreotype
Object number: INV.1077
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist, American
Date: c. 1855
Medium: Daguerreotype
Object number: 2024.2
Daguerreotype of Unidentified Man
Robert Everett Jr.
Date: 1849-1856
Medium: Daguerreotype with hand coloring
Object number: 2004.1
This image is in the public domain.
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1860
Medium: Ambrotype with hand tinting
Object number: 2023.4.2
Photography by David Revette.
Julia Margaret Cameron
Date: 1867 (published 1893)
Medium: Photogravure, mounted on matboard
Object number: 1990.6
Portrait of a Woman in Three-quarter Profile
Unknown artist, American
Date: 1865-1870
Medium: Tintype
Object number: S2023.1.57
Portrait of a Woman with Wavy Hair
Unknown artist, American
Date: c. 1885
Medium: Albumen print mounted on cardstock
Object number: 2024.9.1
This image is in the public domain.
Unknown artist, American
Date: 1865-1875
Medium: Tintype
Object number: 2023.4.1
Portrait of Two Seated Men
Unknown artist, American
Date: c. 1890
Medium: Tintype
Object number: S2023.1.53
Portrait of Three Boys
Unknown artist, American
Date: 1870-1885
Medium: Tintype
Object number: S2023.1.54
Portrait of a Young Couple
Unknown artist, American
Date: 1885-1895
Medium: Tintype
Object number: S2023.1.55
Portrait of Two Men at the New York State Fair
Unknown artist, American
Date: 1906
Medium: Tintype
Object number: S2023.1.56