A daguerreotype with unhinged case with velvet lining (a), image of a unidentified girl (b) ca. 1850s
Entry/Object ID
2021.3.6.2
Description
A daguerreotype with unhinged case with velvet lining (a), image of a unidentified girl (b) ca. 1850s. The adolescent girl wears a silk dress with a collar, pleated ruffles at her shoulders and wrist with long sleeves. Her dress has vertical stripes and circular patterns. She wears her hair in braided chignons on the side of her head with long ribbons. She is seated on a wooden chair. The objects is fair condition with the left case loose from the right side, abrasions to the wooden case, stain on the glass covering and moderate darkening of the image.
