Portrait of a Young Girl

Photograph

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Dorros Photography Collection

Name/Title

Portrait of a Young Girl

Entry/Object ID

2020.233

Tags

Maker marked

Description

seated, looking at camera, hair parted in middle and worn in shoulder-length ringlets, wearing black short sleeve dress with white lace collar and pin at middle

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Daguerreotype

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Anson, Rufus

Role

Photographer

Date made

1853

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Written on inner rear case case

Transcription

Cornelia White 1853

Notes

stamped into metal "ANSON 589 BROADWAY"

Dimensions

Height

3-5/8 in

Width

3-1/4 in

Depth

11/16 in

Dimension Notes

Format: oval Plate size: sixth

Condition

Notes

Case: top no longer attached, metal spotted, top of case not original cover