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Portrait of 2 Unidentified Womencirca 1850

Not on view
Daguerreotype in oval brass mat and leather case, two women from the hips up in mid-19th-century dark dresses with wide sleeves and white collars

Unknown, Portrait of 2 Unidentified Women, circa 1850, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jack Shear, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Portrait of 2 Unidentified Women
Date Made
circa 1850
Medium
Daguerreotype (1/6 plate), hand-colored with oval brass mat
Dimensions
Image (sight): 2 9/16 × 2 1/8 in. (6.51 × 5.4 cm) Primary support (sight): 2 9/16 × 2 1/8 in. (6.51 × 5.4 cm) Case (open): 3 3/4 × 6 9/16 × 1/2 in. (9.53 × 16.67 × 1.27 cm) Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 3/4 in. (9.53 × 8.26 × 1.91 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jack Shear
Accession Number
M.91.287.6
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography

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