Untitled (Post-mortem portrait of an old woman)
Datecirca 1852
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsImage (Visible Image in Case): 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (8.9 × 6.4 cm)
Other (Case Closed): 4 5/8 × 3 3/4 × 3/4 in. (11.7 × 9.5 × 1.9 cm)
Other (Case Closed): 4 5/8 × 3 3/4 × 3/4 in. (11.7 × 9.5 × 1.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of the Roberta Coke DeGolyer Estate, 1995
Object number1995.33.80
DescriptionQuarter plate image of old woman with white cap tied under chin, black lace gloves and white collar. Her face & hands are tinted and her eyes are closed. This probably an image taken after death.On View
Not on view
late 1840's
circa 1852
