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ca. 1847
HGO-01-004-A-3 [Drawer 47 in old database]
GUSN-254175
photographic copy of a daguerreotype depicting an elderly woman who clutches a book; case [and image ?] by William Shew, a pioneer Boston daguerreotypist who was active later in San Francisco
portraits
elderly
women (female humans)
sitting
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
DagID 781
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D06.287
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-3 [Drawer 47 in old database]
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