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[Three unidentified woman] – Historic Photograph Print

[Three unidentified woman], [between 1847 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Three unidentified woman], [between 1847 and 1860]. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [Three unidentified woman] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Few details identify the three women in this small sixth-plate daguerreotype, but the brass mat stamped "J. P. Ball, Cincinnati" ties it to a specific studio. Ball worked as a daguerreotypist in Cincinnati during the 1840s and 1850s, when the process was the dominant form of portraiture and sitters often paid for a single image they could hold in a small case. The scrolled oval on the case back is a typical decorative touch of the period, and it is worth noticing because daguerreotypes are unique, mirror-like plates that show the image only at certain angles.

Created / published[between 1847 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : sixth-plate daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1840-1860.Group portraits 1840-1860.
NotesCase: back only - oval surrounded by scrolls. Barboza number: 6019.029. Stamped on brass mat: J. P. Ball, Cincinnati. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,005 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi
Reference321_Three_unidentified_woma_1847

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