Portrait of an Elderly Woman

Photograph

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Dorros Photography Collection

Name/Title

Portrait of an Elderly Woman

Entry/Object ID

2020.143

Description

Wearing white day cap and black dress, crocheted collar, hair parted in middle, wrinkled forehead

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Daguerreotype

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Role

Photographer

Date made

circa 1840

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

on glass

Transcription

95-

Dimensions

Dimension Description

1/6 plate

Height

3-5/8 in

Width

3-1/8 in

Depth

9/16 in

Condition

Reason for Exam

Inventory

Condition Type

Tear, Delamination, Stains, Discoloration

Materials

Satin

Parts

Case

Notes

hinge: badly torn spine: separating all along satin: discolorations

Reason for Exam

Inventory

Condition Type

Fading, Stains

Parts

Image

Notes

lightly