Portrait of a Woman

c. 1855

Cornelius Jabez Hughes

Associated Names
Cornelius Jabez Hughes

Artist, British, 1819 - 1894

The image depicts a seated woman, visible from the waist up. She has dark, neatly parted hair. She wears a long-sleeved, dark dress with a high collar and white lace or frilled trim at the cuffs. She is posed with her right elbow on a table and her right hand under her chin, with her left hand resting on her lap. There is a small object in her left hand. A dark, round table nearby holds a book or box. The background is plain and the scene is framed in gold.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 14.8 × 11 cm (5 13/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
    mat: 20.4 × 17.2 cm (8 1/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
    framed: 31.4 × 28.6 × 2.8 cm (12 3/8 × 11 1/4 × 1 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.145.12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The London Photograph Fair; (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 2013; NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso of frame, center printed in black ink on applied label: PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERY, / MONTEITH ROOMS. / C.J. HUGHES / ARTIST. / 67, BUCHANAN STREET. / GLASGOW.

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