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[Teresa Truffi, full-length portrait of a woman, slightly to the left, eyes right, standing, in theatrical costume, holding small bottle] – Historic Photograph Print

[Teresa Truffi, full-length portrait of a woman, slightly to the left, eyes right, standing, in theatrical costume, holding small bottle], [between 1844 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Teresa Truffi, full-length portrait of a woman, slightly to the left, eyes right, standing, in theatrical costume, holding small bottle], [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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Few pictures on this board show a performer in costume, and this half-plate daguerreotype captures Teresa Truffi full length, turned slightly to the left with her eyes to the right and a small bottle in hand. Truffi was an Italian dancer who performed on American stages in the 1840s, and theatrical portraits like this one were popular then as souvenirs of celebrated performers. Mathew Brady's studio produced the image, and the name "Truffi" scratched into the plate identifies the sitter. Gold toning sharpened the highlights and softened the silvery surface, a finish favored by studios of the period. The plate passed to the U.S. War College and entered the Library of Congress collection in 1920.

Created / published[between 1844 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype, gold toned.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesScratched on face of plate: 217; Truffi. Scratched on back of plate: 186. 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 scan3,309 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference315_Teresa_Truffi_fulllengt_1844

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