Portrait of an old woman sitting in an upholstered chair holding a book in one hand, leaning against a table. She wears an elaborate silk dress with bell sleeves and a little fringed shoulder cape and a collar. A bonnet ties with long ribbons under her chin. Hand coloured
The plate assembly can be removed by lifting a ribbon. as some point in the past this has been glued down and subsequently released.
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Provenance
Image description
Portrait of an old woman sitting in an upholstered chair holding a book in one hand, leaning against a table. She wears an elaborate silk dress with bell sleeves and a little fringed shoulder cape and a collar. A bonnet ties with long ribbons under her chin. Hand coloured
Subject name
Keyword technique
daguerreotype
links
Stereo plates
No
Window size
Height
88 mm / 3.46 inch
Width
68 mm / 2.68 inch
Housing size
Height
125 mm / 4.92 inch
Width
105 mm / 4.13 inch
Depth
11 mm / 0.43 inch
Window shape
Oval
Housing shape
Rectangle
Collection
Identifier
Private collection, United Kingdom VIII
Description
A privately owned collection acquired over the past few decades.
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