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[Unidentified woman seated in chair, with hand resting on table] – Antique Photo Print

[Unidentified woman seated in chair, with hand resting on table], [ca. 1847] — historic photograph
[Unidentified woman seated in chair, with hand resting on table], [ca. 1847]. 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 [Unidentified woman seated in chair, with hand resting on table] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Its velvet lining is stamped with the name Bailey and an address on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, pointing to one of the city's busy commercial studios of the late 1840s. The unidentified sitter rests one hand on a table, and the plate has been tinted by hand, a common finishing step that added touches of color to the silvered copper. The case's decorative bouquet, surrounded by scrolls, reflects the ornate styling that made these portraits feel special to their owners. Each daguerreotype was a single, unrepeatable object, so this example preserves one sitting from around 1847.

Created / published[ca. 1847]
Medium1 photograph : sixth-plate daguerreotype, hand-colored.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1840-1850.Portrait photographs 1840-1850.
SubjectsLabel on cover glass: 114-21 75-- Case: bouquet of flowers surrounded by scrolls. Embossed on velvet: Bailey, 198 Chestnut St. Philada. Barboza number: 6019.002. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,023 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi
Reference495_Unidentified_woman_seat_1847

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