[Young woman wearing a blue dress]
Photograph
[Young woman wearing a blue dress]
ca. 1850
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image (1/6 plate): 2 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (7 × 5.7 cm)
Case: 3 11/16 × 3 3/16 × 3/4 in. (9.4 × 8.1 × 1.9 cm)
Purchase
1969.0200.0040
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 641
Embossed on recto of case, C: WILLIAMSON BRO. \ BROOKLYN \ N.Y.
Engraved on mat, BLC: WILLIAMSON \ BROOKLYN NY
Entry 641 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): 1/4 size dag. of lovely young girl in blue off shoulder dress. Vignetted or crayoned bust photo. Lovely as a miniature. Cost about 1.00. Worth 2.50 or 3.00. By Williamson Bro. Brooklyn, N.Y.
Embossed on recto of case, C: WILLIAMSON BRO. \ BROOKLYN \ N.Y.
Engraved on mat, BLC: WILLIAMSON \ BROOKLYN NY
Entry 641 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): 1/4 size dag. of lovely young girl in blue off shoulder dress. Vignetted or crayoned bust photo. Lovely as a miniature. Cost about 1.00. Worth 2.50 or 3.00. By Williamson Bro. Brooklyn, N.Y.
