[Unidentified woman and girl, seated, facing front] – Historic Photograph Print
![[Unidentified woman and girl, seated, facing front], [ca. 1855] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b6/b635e775cc2f-L.webp)
(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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[Unidentified woman and girl, seated, facing front] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Unidentified woman and girl, seated, facing front]
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The hand-colored sixth-plate daguerreotype shows an unidentified woman and a girl seated and facing the camera, with their faces softened by pigment added after the silver image was made. The oval opening sits in a case decorated with scrolls, and the brass mat is stamped "F. Grice," a maker's mark that helps place the object around 1855. Daguerreotypes of this era were small keepsakes meant to be held and kept in cases, and hand coloring was a popular way to add warmth to the otherwise monochrome silver surface.
| Created / published | [ca. 1855] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : sixth-plate daguerreotype, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Daguerreotypes 1850-1860.Portrait photographs 1850-1860.Group portraits 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Case: oval surrounded by scrolls. Stamped on brass mat: F. Grice. Barboza number: 6019.065. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,931 × 6,112 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 681_Unidentified_woman_and_1855 |
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