Portrait of a Young Woman

Photograph

2020.246

seated, left arm resting on wooden table, hair parted in middle, wearing black dress with white sleeves and cuffs, also has a white lace collar

Daguerreotype

Unknown

Photographer

circa 1845

3-5/8 in

3-1/4 in

1/16 in

Plate size: sixth

Case: top no longer attached, glass spotted Image: highly oxidized around edges, faded - dark areas are becoming transparent