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[Copy of a painting of an unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] – Antique Photo Print

[Copy of a painting of an unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [between 1842 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Copy of a painting of an unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [between 1842 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 window into the past: [Copy of a painting of an unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Copy of a painting of an unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

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Rather than a sitter before the lens, this sixth-plate daguerreotype records a painted portrait of an unidentified woman, shown head and shoulders and facing forward. Copying paintings by daguerreotype was a common practice in the 1840s and 1850s, when a camera offered a quick, inexpensive way to reproduce a likeness. The small plate has been hand-colored, with pigment added over the silvered surface to bring tone to the face and dress, and its plain back and case reflect the modest, widely made style of the period.

Created / published[between 1842 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype, hand-colored.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesPhotographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 13a. Case: front, variant of Rinhart 140; plain back. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,264 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference164_Copy_of_a_painting_of_a_1842

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