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[Unidentified woman with spectacles, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing lace cap] – Historic Photograph Print

[Unidentified woman with spectacles, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing lace cap], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Unidentified woman with spectacles, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing lace cap], [between 1844 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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A woman in spectacles and a lace cap turns to the left in this small sixth-plate daguerreotype, its silver surface warmed by gold toning. Her name is not recorded, but the plate bears a scratched number, 333, on its back and reached the Library of Congress in 1920 by transfer from the U.S. War College. It was produced in the studio of Mathew Brady, whose New York and Washington operations made many portraits like this one during the 1840s and 1850s. Gold toning was applied to strengthen and warm the image, so the tonal quality is worth noticing alongside the sitter's pose and dress.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on back of plate: 333. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,276 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference496_Unidentified_woman_with_1844

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