Woman with magnifying glass

Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-3 [Drawer 47 in old database]

GUSN

GUSN-254216

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Description

superior portrait of an eccentric-looking elderly woman, who strikes a pose which anticipates the 1860s: she wears spectacles, a dark bonnet, heavy fringed cape and elaborate rings and gazes contemplatively off-camera while holding a magnifying glass

Details

Descriptive Terms

women (female humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
jewelry
portraits
elderly
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DagID 575

Physical Descrption

1 daguerreotype

Collection Code

PC005

Collection Name

Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

Reference Code

PC005.D06.328

Record Details

Material Type

daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-3 [Drawer 47 in old database]

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