Painting of an Elderly Woman

Photograph

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Dorros Photography Collection

Name/Title

Painting of an Elderly Woman

Entry/Object ID

2020.199

Description

Daguerreotype of a painted portrait. Elderly woman wearing white ruffled bonnet, dark hair, many wrinkles

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Daguerreotype

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Role

Photographer

Date made

circa 1840

Dimensions

Dimension Description

1/6 plate, oval

Height

3-5/8 in

Width

3-1/4 in

Depth

5/8 in

Condition

Reason for Exam

Inventory

Parts

Case

Notes

top: no longer attached

Reason for Exam

Inventory

Condition Type

Fading, Oxidation

Parts

Image

Notes

at edges