Portrait of a Woman

c. 1845

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 9.1 × 6.7 cm (3 9/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
    mat: 11.1 × 8.5 cm (4 3/8 × 3 3/8 in.)
    case (closed): 12.3 × 9.7 × 1.5 cm (4 13/16 × 3 13/16 × 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2013.49.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Margaret Harker, Sussex, England; (sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 1979); (Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London); NGA purchase, 2013.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso of case, center stamped in gilt: BEARD’S PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONS / 85 KING WILLIAM STREET / 34 PARLIAMENT ST / AND THE ROYAL / POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION / LONDON / AND / 34 CHURCH STREET LIVERPOOL

Wikidata ID

Q64145102

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