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[Mary Ann Bartlett, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, seated, beside table with books and tablecloth] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Mary Ann Bartlett, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, seated, beside table with books and tablecloth], [between 1850 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Mary Ann Bartlett, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, seated, beside table with books and tablecloth], [between 1850 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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Mary Ann Bartlett sits three-quarters length beside a draped table holding books, a detail that points to the reading and learning prized in middle-class homes of the 1850s. The sixth-plate daguerreotype remains in its case, whose central floral motif and surrounding scrolls, along with a Rinhart hallmark, help place its making in the mid-century trade. Portraits this small could be carried in a pocket or locket, and families relied on them to keep images of relatives before paper prints became common. The accompanying label identifies her as the mother of sculptor Paul Wayland Bartlett and gives her death date as May 4, 1901. The photographer is not identified.

Created / published[between 1850 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1850-1860.Daguerreotypes 1850-1860.
NotesPhotographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 2. Case: central floral motif surrounded by scrolls. Accompanying label: Paul's mother. Died May 4, 1901. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1979; (DLC/PP-1979:164). Forms part of: Paul Wayland Bartlett Papers, 1881-1949 (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,256 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference24_Mary_Ann_Bartlett_three_1850

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