Daguerreotype of a young woman, ca. 1850. Creator: Augustus Washington.

Daguerreotype of a young woman, ca. 1850. Creator: Augustus Washington.

2-832-769 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

A black-and-white photograph of a young woman dressed in a high-collared garment and wearing dangling earrings. The earrings have been hand-tinted gold. The plates are in a case that is missing its cover. The photograph has a gold colored frame stamped [WASHINGTON] on the bottom left corner.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Augustus Washington, attributed to: American, African-American: Photographer, daguerreotypist

Medium
  1. Photograph
  2. Silver amalgam, silver on copper photographic plates

Picture Type
  1. Daguerreotypes
  2. Portrait
  3. Portraits

Category Hierarchy

Artistic Representations Portraits

People Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3935x4537
File Size : 52,304kb


Aliases

  1. NMAAHC-2010_16
  1. 0990004534
  1. 2-832-769
  1. 2832769


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