Title:
[Unidentified elderly woman.]
Abstract:
Half length portrait of a woman seated next to a table. She wearing a bonnet with spectacles perched on top, and is holding
knitting work and a card with 86 scratched over it on the plate (her age?). Several books are on the table and a cane is in
front.
Date:
[ca. 1850]
Subject:
Women
Aged persons
Note:
Plate size indicates likely British or European origin.
Type:
Portraits
Daguerreotypes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; one-third plate, visible image 8.7 x 7.5 cm.
displayLabel="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Plate: table cover slightly hand colored.
Mat: octagonal.;;;displayLabel="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: Curved Octagon with Scroll Center (Rinhart no.
219). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 12 x 10.8 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed single leaf motif.;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1981.027:006--CASE
Filename:
brk00040239_8a.tif
Copyright Note:
Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Copyright Owner Note: All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html