Portrait of a Young Woman

Name/Title

Portrait of a Young Woman

Entry/Object ID

2020.174

Description

Seated on a silk sofa, hair parted in middle and worn in ringlets, left arm rests on table and holds head up, wearing a black dress with a white collar and blue plaid bow and pin at neck, wearing one black glove and two gold rings on other hand and holding a pocket book

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Daguerreotype

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Anson, Rufus

Role

Photographer

Date made

circa 1848

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Stamp

Location

in velvet

Transcription

ANSON 589 BROADWAY N-Y

Material/Technique

Embossed

Dimensions

Dimension Description

1/6 plate

Height

3-3/4 in

Width

3-1/4 in

Depth

3/4 in

Condition

Reason for Exam

Inventory

Condition Type

Fading

Parts

Image

Reason for Exam

Inventory

Parts

Case

Notes

top: no longer attached