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[Three unidentified women] – Antique Photo Print

[Three unidentified women], [between 1847 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Three unidentified women], [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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This rare historic photograph captures [Three unidentified women] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Three unidentified women]

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The brass mat is stamped "J. P. Ball, Cincinnati," which ties this quarter-plate daguerreotype to a specific studio and place. Cincinnati was a busy river city in the 1850s, and its studios drew sitters who wanted a polished likeness in a small hinged case. The three women remain unidentified, so the portrait speaks through their clothing, posture and close grouping, a common choice for family or friends sitting together. Like all daguerreotypes, it is a single mirror-like image on silvered copper.

Created / published[between 1847 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : quarter-plate daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1840-1860.Group portraits 1840-1860.Portrait photographs 1840-1860.
NotesCase: Rinhart 108. Barboza number: 6019.025. Stamped on brass mat: J. P. Ball, Cincinnati. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,033 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi
Reference322_Three_unidentified_wome_1847

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