Head and shoulders portrait of an old woman. The woman wears a white cap with a frill round the face showing no hair, tied under the chin with a bow. She wears a dark dress with a white collar.
Portrait format case. Hinge opens downwards. Tray approximately twice as deep as cover.
Mat is decorated with a sunburst pattern.
The metal preserver is of an unusual form; a sheet of dull metal behind the daguerreotype and cut a little larger than the glass has been bent up around the plate and glass to grip the sides of the glass. A hard, grey metal has been used.
Titolo
Portrait of an old woman
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Head and shoulders portrait of an old woman. The woman wears a white cap with a frill round the face showing no hair, tied under the chin with a bow. She wears a dark dress with a white collar.
Nome del soggetto
Parole chiave tecniche
daguerreotype
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Lastre stereoscopiche
No
Forma della finestra
Ovale
Forma dell'astuccio
Rettangolo
Collezione
Proprietario
Nicholas Burnett reference collection, United Kingdom
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