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Object number2013.33.62

Close-up of Woman

Date1850s
Artist (American, NA)
MediumSixteenth-plate oval daguerreotype in a scalloped, floral mother-of-pearl inlaid full case
DimensionsOpen Case: 2 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. (5.4 x 12.38 cm)
Half Case: 2 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. (5.4 x 4.76 cm)
Image: 1 1/4 x 15/16 in. (3.18 x 2.38 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg
On View
Not on view
Period19th c
Classification(s)
BibliographyLombino, Mary-Kay. Shape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, 2019, p. 30
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryShape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 20 - December 15, 2019
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