Photograph (Daguerreotype) of a Woman, c.1850 | |
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| Inventory Number: | 66342 |
| Object Type: | |
| Accession Number: | 1944-1 |
| Brief Description: | Daguerreotype portrait of a woman, seated three-quarter length, facing front, her right elbow on a table. Painted backdrop of clouds, landscape, and curtains. Coloured. Enclosed (but glass detached) and cased. Wooden case covered in thin wine-red leather, relief decorated and somewhat domed on front but plain on back, with gold tooling around internal borders. Decorated red velvet internal pad. Decorated wide mat. Single stud clasp. |
| Provenance: | Purchased from R. S. Clay in 1944. Part of the Clay Collection. |
| Collection Group: | Clay Collection |
| Material(s): |
Copper |
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