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[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left], [ca. 1855] — historic photograph
[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left], [ca. 1855]. 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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[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The case holding this small portrait is decorated with a flower arrangement in a vase, a touch that shows how carefully such keepsakes were presented in the 1850s. The brass mat is stamped "F. Grice," which likely identifies the maker or supplier who finished the piece. Ninth-plate daguerreotypes like this one, about 2 by 2½ inches, were a popular size for lockets and cases. The sitter is unidentified, but her head-and-shoulders pose and the mirror-like silver surface are typical of portraits made around 1855, when the process was still a common way to record a face.

Created / published[ca. 1855]
Medium1 photograph : ninth-plate daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1850-1860.Portrait photographs 1850-1860.
NotesCase: flower arrangement in vase. Stamped on brass mat: F. Grice. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,000 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi
Reference696_Unidentified_woman_head_1855

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