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Unidentified young woman

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1853

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-4 [Drawer 36 in old database]

GUSN

GUSN-253874

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Description

See also D.2.063. Whitehurst (1820-1875) was a prominent daguerreotypist and entrepreneur with studios along the eastern seaboard.

Details

Descriptive Terms

women (female humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
portraits
sitting
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

(case) j h whitehurst galleries new york baltimore richmond, norfolk petersburg and lynchburg

Additional Identification Number

DagID 377

Physical Description

1 daguerreotype

Collection Code

PC005

Collection Name

Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

Reference Code

PC005.D04.096

Credit Line

Gift of John Codman, Sr.

Record Details

Originator

Whitehurst, Jesse Harrison, 1819-1875 (Photographer)

Material Type

daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-4 [Drawer 36 in old database]

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