Portrait of a Man and Woman

c. 1850

British 19th Century

Associated Names
The image shows an older couple sitting next to each other. The man is seated on the left, wearing a dark suit with a vest, white shirt, and a bow tie. His hair is short and combed back, and he has a calm expression. The woman sits on the right, facing the camera. She has dark hair mostly covered by a lace bonnet with a large ruffle framing her face. She has a composed expression and is wearing a dark dress with long sleeves and a brooch fastened at the collar. Both are seated on simple upholstered chairs against a plain backdrop. The photograph is encased within an ornate gold frame, bordered by a red fabric mat.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 8.9 × 6.5 cm (3 1/2 × 2 9/16 in.)
    mat: 10.7 × 8.1 cm (4 3/16 × 3 3/16 in.)
    case (closed): 12.1 × 9.84 × 2.06 cm (4 3/4 × 3 7/8 × 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.1.13


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 E


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