[Seated young woman]

[Seated young woman]

Photograph

[Seated young woman]

ca. 1855
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image: 2 13/16 × 2 1/4 in. (7.1 × 5.7 cm) (1/6 plate)
Case: 3 13/16 × 3 1/2 × 3/4 in. (9.7 × 8.9 × 1.9 cm)
Purchase
1969.0202.0018
Inscriptions Printed in gold on spine of case: BIJOU.
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 162
Entry 162 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Beautiful brunette young woman, daguerreotype in papier maché and mother of pearl case. Girl unknown. From Chas. Street’s Collection. [crossed out] (1.30)
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