Name/Title
Portrait of a WomanEntry/Object ID
2020.441Description
seated in high back chair, resting right arm on table, wearing white bonnet with flowers all along trim, a black lace handkerchief/veil draped over bonnet (but does not cover face)Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
DaguerreotypeMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Root, S.Role
PhotographerDate made
circa 1850Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
stamped into metal "S. ROOT 363 BROADWAY - N.Y"Dimensions
Height
4-5/8 inWidth
3-5/8 inDepth
11/16 inDimension Notes
Format: oval
Plate size: quarterCondition
Notes
Case: hinge tearing
Image: slightly oxidized around edges
