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[Mrs. William Y. McAllister, half-length, seated, with arm resting on table with tablecloth] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Mrs. William Y. McAllister, half-length, seated, with arm resting on table with tablecloth], [between 1850 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Mrs. William Y. McAllister, half-length, seated, with arm resting on table with tablecloth], [between 1850 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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[Mrs. William Y. McAllister, half-length, seated, with arm resting on table with tablecloth]

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Mrs. William Y. McAllister sits at a draped table, her arm resting on the cloth, in a stereoscopic daguerreotype whose hand-applied color is still visible. Her husband, William Young McAllister, lived from 1812 to 1896, and the Library of Congress catalogs the plate under the family subject heading. Stereoscopic pairs like this were made with two lenses so that, viewed through a stereoscope, the two slightly different images fused into a single three-dimensional scene. Hand-coloring, often added to cheeks, lips and clothing, was a common way to make these mirror-bright silver plates look more lifelike.

Created / published[between 1850 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : stereoscopic daguerreotype, hand-colored.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1850-1860.Stereographs 1850-1860.Portrait photographs 1850-1860.
NotesWritten on back: Mrs. W. Y. McAllister. 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, W. Y. (William Young),--1812-1896--Family.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,305 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
Reference612_Mrs_William_Y_McAlliste_1850

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