Portrait of a Woman

American 19th Century, 1850s

The image shows an older woman sitting upright in a wooden chair. She has a serene expression and is wearing a dark long-sleeved dress with a white collar and a decorative ribbon at the neck. Her hair is styled back… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: American 19th Century ¹
Date: 1850s ¹
Medium: daguerreotype ¹
Original: 8,995 × 10,406 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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