Daguerreian Unknown
Portrait of Two Women, c.1850

A Half Plate Monochromatic daguerreotype, depicting a three-quarter length portrait of two women, one standing on the left wearing a black dress and a richly embroidered shawl around her left arm, the older woman seated on the right, wearing a black dress, with black gloves and a white lace bonnet; plain oval aperture brass mat, thick glass, case missing.