[Unidentified woman with spectacles, seated beside table with tablecloth, with books and curtain to right] – Historic Photograph Print
![[Unidentified woman with spectacles, seated beside table with tablecloth, with books and curtain to right], [between 1850 and 1860] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/21/21eb3d2dd794-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Unidentified woman with spectacles, seated beside table with tablecloth, with books and curtain to right]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Seated beside a draped table, with a stack of books at her elbow and a curtain drawn to one side, this unidentified woman wears spectacles, a detail that sets her portrait apart from the many formal sitters of the decade. Daguerreotypes such as this one were unique silvered copper plates, so each image exists only as this single object. The sixth-plate size, about 2.75 by 3.25 inches, made the format affordable for ordinary families in the 1850s. The maker's Rinhart hallmark on the case helps date the object, though the photographer remains unknown.
| Created / published | [between 1850 and 1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1850-1860.Daguerreotypes 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 2. Case: front made by LC Conservation Office, 1994; back, flower inside circle surrounded by scroll design. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,308 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 682_Unidentified_woman_with_1850 |
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