[Woman]
Photograph

Philippe Derussy

Maker
French, active ca. 1845–1851

[Woman]

August 1850
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image (oval): 3 3/4 × 2 13/16 in. (9.6 × 7.2 cm)
Overall (1/2 plate): 5 15/16 × 5 × 1/4 in. (15.1 × 12.7 × 0.7 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
Inscriptions Inscribed on blue backing paper in pencil (Cromer's hand) on verso, TC: plaque mince \ biseautée \ à garder pour date, \ note de l'auteur, et fond \ peint

Inscribed on blue backing paper in ink (photographer's hand) on verso, BC: Août 1850 pour Ninie Tresse [?]

Printed advertisement on backing paper in ink, verso, C: PORTRAITS PHOTOGRAPHIQUES \ Perfectionnés par \ DERUSSY et Comp-ie \ 3, Rue des Prouvaires, 3 \ Paris.
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