passe-partout mount (image recessed from surface of glass and frame), gold painted framing around image and underneath glass, glass painted maroon; young woman seated, resting left arm on table, curtain in background,French
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Daguerreotype
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Galerie Sauteuil
Role
Photographer
Date made
circa 1850
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
written in French on piece of paper glued to verso "PORTRAITS AU DAGUERREOTYPE … Au bout de la Galerie Sauteuil …"
Dimensions
Height
5-15/16 in
Width
5-1/16 in
Depth
3/8 in
Dimension Notes
Format: oval
Plate size: half
Condition
Notes
no case, framed, glass cracked along bottom in 2 places, binding paper torn on top edge and in numerous places on verso
Image: faded, dark areas almost completely transparent extremely oxidized around edges
