Portrait of Unidentified Woman

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Portrait of Unidentified Woman

circa 1845-1850
Photographs
Daguerreotype (1/6 plate) hand-colored with octagonal brass mat
Image (sight): 2 5/8 × 2 1/8 in. (6.67 × 5.4 cm) Primary support (sight): 2 5/8 × 2 1/8 in. (6.67 × 5.4 cm) Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 3/8 × 3/8 in. (9.21 × 16.19 × 0.95 cm) Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 3/16 × 5/8 in. (9.21 × 8.1 × 1.59 cm)
Gift of Jack Shear (M.91.287.7)
Not currently on public view