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Young woman in oval daguerreotype case, bow tie – Vintage Wall Art

Young woman in oval daguerreotype case, bow tie, 1862 — historic photograph
Young woman in oval daguerreotype case, bow tie, 1862. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Young woman in oval daguerreotype case, bow tie, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Young woman in oval daguerreotype case, bow tie

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A small oval case holds this 1862 portrait of a young woman wearing a bow tie, a detail that stands out in a period when most women's portraits show high collars, brooches or lace. By 1862 the daguerreotype was already an old process, having been announced in 1839, and it was giving way to cheaper paper prints such as the ambrotype and carte de visite. Oval cases like this one were made to protect the mirror-like silver plate, which had to be viewed at an angle and kept under glass to avoid tarnish. Cased images of this kind were often kept as keepsakes, passed among family members long after the sitter's time.

Created / published1862
Original scan3,305 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference725_Augusta_Currie_Bradhurs_1862

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