Isabel, Charlotte, Rebecca, and Charlotte Anne Ashworth

c. 1846–1847

British 19th Century

Associated Names
British 19th Century

Artist

The image depicts four individuals, from the waist up. An elderly woman is seated with her hands clasped, while three young women stand behind her. The elderly woman wears a light bonnet and shawl. The young women have dark hair styled to reveal their ears, wearing similar plaid dresses with high collars. The women have different facial expressions. The photograph is in an ornate wooden frame with a decorative matte. The background is plain, focusing attention on the individuals.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 9.2 × 6.7 cm (3 5/8 × 2 5/8 in.)
    mat: 11.1 × 8.7 cm (4 3/8 × 3 7/16 in.)
    case (closed): 12.1 × 9.6 × 2.2 cm (4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.1.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ashworth Family, England; (sale, England, 2017); (Jason Wright, Huddersfield, England); NGA purchase, 2019.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

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