[Postmortem of elderly woman (ancestor of Horace V. Scott)]

[Postmortem of elderly woman (ancestor of Horace V. Scott)]

Photograph

[Postmortem of elderly woman (ancestor of Horace V. Scott)]

ca. 1850
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image: 3 3/8 × 2 5/8 in. (8.6 × 6.7 cm) (1/4 plate)
Case: 4 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 3/4 in. (11.4 × 9.5 × 1.9 cm)
Purchase
1969.0201.0054
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 61
Entry 61 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Very delicate large daguerreotype of elderly deceased woman laid out on large pillow or couch. Delicately tinted and in suitable dark blue velvet-lined case. Very beautiful photo of difficult subject. One of ancestors of the late Horace V. Scott of 2633 Washington St., S.F.

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