[Young woman wearing a blue dress]

[Young woman wearing a blue dress]

Photograph

[Young woman wearing a blue dress]

April 1850
Daguerreotype with applied color, pinned
Image: 2 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (7 × 5.7 cm) (1/6 plate)
Case: 3 1/4 × 3 3/4 × 7/8 in. (8.3 × 9.5 × 2.2 cm)
Purchase
1969.0202.0026
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 16
Entry 16 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Beautifully tinted & jeweled Daguerreotype of young girl. Three tiny diamonds in each earring. Subject unknown. Dated April 1850 on corner of silver plate.
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