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Young woman with table

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-2 [Drawer 47 in old database]

GUSN

GUSN-254118

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Description

elegant young woman with arm supported by side table covered with fabric; case [and image ?] made by William Shew, pioneer Boston daguerreotypist who was later active in San Francisco

Details

Descriptive Terms

women (female humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
interior views
props (object genres)
portraits
sitting
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DagID 626

Physical Description

1 daguerreotype

Collection Code

PC005

Collection Name

Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

Reference Code

PC005.D06.230

Record Details

Material Type

daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-2 [Drawer 47 in old database]

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