[Ruth Fitts, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, full face] – Vintage Photo Print
![[Ruth Fitts, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, full face], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/50/50eb3f9adc90-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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Step back in time with [Ruth Fitts, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, full face], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A small sixth-plate daguerreotype, hand-colored with pigment on the cheeks and clothing, shows a woman posed three-quarter length and facing the camera squarely. Its accompanying label identifies her as Ruth Fitz, Mrs. Chester Fitz of Charlton, though the catalog title spells the surname Fitts, so the name is worth checking. The photographer is unidentified, but the Rinhart hallmark and the 1844 to 1860 date range place it in the decades when daguerreotypes were the most popular form of portrait photography. The plate entered the Library of Congress in 1959 as part of the Clara Barton Papers.
| Created / published | [between 1844 and 1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860. |
| Notes | Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 32. Case: variant of Rinhart 124. Accompanying label: Ruth Fitz (Mrs. Chester Fitz) of Charlton. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1959. Forms part of: Clara Barton Papers, 1834-1918 (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,259 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 300_Ruth_Fitts_threequarter_1844 |
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