Portrait of a Woman

c. 1845

British 19th Century

Associated Names
British 19th Century

Artist

The image shows a person in a half-length sitting portrait. The individual is seated, slightly turned to the side. Their facial features are slightly visible, possibly due to photo quality. They have short or closely cropped hair, and wear clothing with a pattern and a white collar. Their right hand rests on their lap with a white cuff visible. The image has a vintage frame with a gold and red border. The background is plain and dark.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 6.6 × 5.4 cm (2 5/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
    mat: 8 × 6.8 cm (3 1/8 × 2 11/16 in.)
    case: 9.3 × 8.3 × 1.1 cm (3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.1.15

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on bottom edge of case, by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite on applied label: PD372

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