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Portrait of a woman seated in a chair in a rectangular daguerreotype frame.

A woman rests an arm on a table on the left with her hands resting in her lap. She wears a plain buttoned up dress, white sleeves underneath, with lace collar. Her straight hair is parted in the middle, tucked behind a white lace bonnet. Her face appears content, almost smiling, light eyes, facing forward looking at the viewer, her body is turned three-quarter toward the left in the chair. 　Her cheeks are delicately hand-colored. She also wears dark lace fingerless gloves and a black string around her neck, that she’s holding in her lap. The background is undescribed.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.219.54.20
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Untitled (woman with bonnet and lace collar, seated in wooden chair, half-length)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1840-1850s
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/323801

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hand-colored sixth plate daguerreotype
Technique
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
8.26 x 6.99 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Janet and Daniel Tassel
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.219.54.20
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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