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[Unidentified woman, half length portrait, seated with left arm resting on table with tablecloth] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Unidentified woman, half length portrait, seated with left arm resting on table with tablecloth], [between 1847 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Unidentified woman, half length portrait, seated with left arm resting on table with tablecloth], [between 1847 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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Hand-colored with touches of pigment, this sixth-plate daguerreotype shows an unidentified woman seated at a table, her left arm resting on a draped cloth. The brass mat is stamped "J. P. Ball, Cincinnati," and the photographer's address places the plate between 1847 and 1860, when daguerreotypes were the most popular portrait format in America. The stamp most likely refers to James Presley Ball, a pioneering African American photographer who ran a successful Cincinnati studio in these years. Colorists typically added tints to cheeks, lips, and clothing after the image was made, so the surviving color offers a useful glimpse of how these portraits were finished.

Created / published[between 1847 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : sixth-plate daguerreotype, hand-colored.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1840-1860.Portrait photographs 1840-1860.
NotesCase: Rinhart 141. Barboza number: 6019.032. Stamped on brass mat: J. P. Ball, Cincinnati. Date based upon address of photographer. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C., 2002.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,782 × 4,725 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
Reference509_Unidentified_woman_half_1847

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