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1844-1880
HGO-01-004-A-3 [Drawer 47 in old database]
GUSN-254170
A woman sits on a chair holding sheet music in her left hand and leans her left arm on a table, on which other illustrated printed material rests, against a plain background. She wears a black dress with lace cuffs and earrings. Her hair is parted down the middle, and she smiles. The portrait is set in a gilded frame. Case made by William Shew, a pioneer Boston daguerreotypist and case maker who moved to San Francisco in 1850. Neg #047872-A
women (female humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
portraits
sitting
sheet music
earrings (jewelry)
gilding
studio portraits
tables (support furniture)
jewelry
chairs (furniture forms)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
(case) Wm. Shew, miniature case maker, and dealer in daguerreotype materials, 123 Washington St., Boston
DagID 776
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D06.282
Shew, William J., 1820-1903 (Miniaturist)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-3 [Drawer 47 in old database]
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