Unidentified seated young lady

Description

1/6 plate tinted daguerreotype depicting a seated woman wearing a black dress with a white collar and cuffs, and black lace gloves, mounted and cased, by George Adams of Worcester, Massachusetts, 1851

Museum reference

T.2023.44.2.30

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Daguerreotype

Production information

Adams, George, c. 1845 - 1878 (fl.), Photographer
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, North America

Date

1851

Materials

Copper, silver-plated, iodised, Chloride of bromide, Sodium thiosulphate, Cardboard, Velvet

Physical description

1/6 plate tinted daguerreotype, mounted

Associations

Howarth-Loomes Collection

Exhibitions

• Photography: A Victorian Sensation (19 Jun 2015 - 22 Nov 2015)
  National Museum of Scotland

Credit

The Bernard Howarth-Loomes Collection. Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by H M Government from the estate of Ethel Alma Howarth-Loomes and allocated to National Museums Scotland, 2023.