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[Untitled] (Portrait of a Woman)

Medium: Daguerreotype
Dates: ca. 1860
Dimensions: Photo: 2 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. (7 x 5.4 cm) Case: 4 x 3 1/2 x 3/4 in. (10.2 x 8.9 x 1.9 cm)
Collections: Photography
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 57.91.3
Credit Line: Gift of the Congregational Home for the Aged
Image: Interior, 57.91.3_open_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008

Catalogue Description: Daguerreotype in book-shaped case of papier-mâché with mother of pearl inset and painted and gilt decoration.

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