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[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing left, seated holding book] – Antique Photo Print

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing left, seated holding book], [between 1846 and 1856] — historic photograph
[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing left, seated holding book], [between 1846 and 1856]. 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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The velvet lining of this case is embossed with "Root's Gallery, 140 Chestnut St., Philada.," placing the portrait in one of Philadelphia's best-known daguerreotype studios. Marcus Aurelius Root ran galleries in the city during the years when the daguerreotype was the fashionable portrait medium. The unidentified sitter is shown in half-length, turned to the left and holding a book, a pose that suggests learning or leisure. The plate is a sixth-size example, and a note on the seal records a restoration in May 1943, which helps explain how the piece has survived more than a century.

Created / published[between 1846 and 1856]
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1840-1860.Portrait photographs 1840-1860.
NotesEmbossed on velvet lining inside case: Root's Gallery, 140. Chestnut St. Philada. Written on seal: Restored by A.R. Phillips, Jr., May 1943. Case: Rinhart 127. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1996; (DLC/PP-1996:087.11). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,275 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference514_Unidentified_woman_half_1846

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