[Unidentified girl, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated in chair, holding a daguerreotype case(?)] – Historic Photograph Print
![[Unidentified girl, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated in chair, holding a daguerreotype case(?)], [1847] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3c/3c1eec518b9e-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 girl, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated in chair, holding a daguerreotype case(?)]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Unidentified girl, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated in chair, holding a daguerreotype case(?)]
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A seated girl, shown from the waist up and facing the camera, is the subject of this small sixth-plate daguerreotype, with the date 1847 scratched into the back of the plate. The sitter and the photographer are both unidentified. The tiny format and mirror-like surface are typical of the 1840s, when daguerreotypes were the most common portrait process. The record suggests she may be holding a small case, a detail marked with a question mark. A loose note tucked behind the plate refers to union cases patented in 1856 and 1857, so it was written later than the portrait and does not confirm its date.
| Created / published | [1847] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1840-1850.Daguerreotypes 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Photographer unidentified. Scratched on back of plate: 1847. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Case: front, Krainik 187; back, Krainik 198. Accompanying note behind plate: Littlefield, Parsons & Co. Manufacturers of Daguerreotype Cases. L., P. & Co., are the sole proprietors and only legal manufacturers of UNION CASES, WITH THE Embracing Riveted Hinge. Patented, Oct. 14, 1856 & April 21, 1857. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: When they were young. Library of Congress, 2002-2003. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,256 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 339_Unidentified_girl_three_1847 |
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