Portrait of a Woman

Name/Title

Portrait of a Woman

Entry/Object ID

2020.446

Description

thin eyebrows, hair pulled back over ears and worn in braided bun, wearing black dress with a belt at waist, also pin at throat

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Daguerreotype

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Role

Photographer

Date made

circa 1840

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

inscribed on loose 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 card, one side "Grandmother Whitaker", on other side "from North Conway, N.H. 125-"

Dimensions

Height

4-9/16 in

Width

3-3/4 in

Depth

11/16 in

Dimension Notes

Format: oval Plate size: quarter

Condition

Notes

Case: cover no longer attached, exterior ripped along hinge Image: beginning to fade