Accession Number: 1974:0193:0684
Maker: Southworth & Hawes
Title: Unidentified Woman
Date: ca. 1852
Medium: daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions: sixth plate; 8.2 x 7.0 cm.
George Eastman House Collection
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clariposa, jmarconi, tts., jackdavinci, and 103 other people added this photo to their favorites.
canardo 59 months ago | reply
Finally, a looker!
Ansell Wannabe 55 months ago | reply
My thoughts exactly Canardo! :))
Join the Keelin Fanclub :P 53 months ago | reply
she's just gorgeous!!!
srhplayerplay 52 months ago | reply
Except her eyebrows...somthing going on with them :P
Primgrl1 52 months ago | reply
Obviously the women were very plain back then but this one caught my eye...very pretty!
allison the valiant 34 months ago | reply
I really dont think people were "very plain back then," they just had a simpler aesthetic of beauty. Not like all of the fake makeup and haircolor women pile on today!
braindeer 29 months ago | reply
"Obviously the women were very plain back then but this one caught my eye...very pretty!"
What a strange thing to say. Facially, people haven't changed at all since the 1850s!
Camera.Ed 29 months ago | reply
@ George Eastman House, is there any more info on the nature of the damage and coloring... I understand how daguerreotypes were made. Did they tint them with oil paints?
What cause the awesome rainbow effect?
chris maik1 23 months ago | reply
The deterioration process adds to the drama nicely and naturally.
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