Photograph (Daguerreotype) of a Woman, c.1850

Daguerreotype portrait of a woman, seated three-quarter length, facing front, her right elbow on a table. Painted backdrop of clouds, landscape, and curtains. Coloured. Enclosed (but glass detached) and cased.

Wooden case covered in thin wine-red leather, relief decorated and somewhat domed on front but plain on back, with gold tooling around internal borders. Decorated red velvet internal pad. Decorated wide mat. Single stud clasp.