1840s
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
GUSN-253944
Portrait of a beautiful woman regally posed. She is holding a book, and her elbow is supported on a side table. Case [and image?] made by William Shew, a pioneer Boston daguerreotypist who was active later in San Francisco. Caution: the spine is compromised.
women (female humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
hairstyles
portraits
portrait format
sitting
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
DagID 60
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D06.056
3 3/4 x 3 1/4 (HxW)(inches)
3 5/8 x 3 1/8 x 3/4 (HxWxD)(inches)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
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