Unknown woman, before 1866

ambrotype

PHOTOGRAPHS - AMBROTYPES
before 1866
glass; leather; silk; wood
overall: 2-7/8 x 4-1/2 x 1/4 in.; image: 2-1/2 x 2 in.

Ambrotype; Unknown woman, before 1866; from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); photograph of an unidentified woman, possibly someone that Mears corresponded with over the years; photograph is housed in a leather bound folding case with a locking hook; on inner left side of the case is a silk insert.


2005.34.133

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