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[Agnes Y. McAllister, three-quarters length, seated in ornate chair, with arm resting on table with tablecloth] – Historic Photograph Print

[Agnes Y. McAllister, three-quarters length, seated in ornate chair, with arm resting on table with tablecloth], 1853 Dec. — historic photograph
[Agnes Y. McAllister, three-quarters length, seated in ornate chair, with arm resting on table with tablecloth], 1853 Dec.. 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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[Agnes Y. McAllister, three-quarters length, seated in ornate chair, with arm resting on table with tablecloth]

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Inscribed on its back with her name and the date December 1853, this portrait shows Agnes Y. McAllister seated three-quarters length in an ornate chair, one arm resting on a draped table. It is a stereoscopic daguerreotype, made as a pair of nearly identical exposures taken from slightly different positions. Viewed through a stereoscope, the two images merge into a single scene with apparent depth. The hand-coloring that tints the portrait was a common finishing touch in the 1850s, meant to make the image look more lifelike.

Created / published1853 Dec.
Medium1 photograph : stereoscopic daguerreotype, hand-colored.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1850-1860.Stereographs 1850-1860.Portrait photographs 1850-1860.
NotesWritten on back: Agnes Y. McAllister, Dec. 1853. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress)
SubjectsMcAllister, Agnes Young,--1817-1879.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,277 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
Reference561_Agnes_Y_McAllister_thre_1853

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