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Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Old Woman
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Old Woman

Artist Unknown
CultureAmerican
Date1846
MediumSixth plate daguerreotype
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (7 x 8.3 cm)
InscribedHandwritten on paper inside the case: "Quincy Nicholas, July 17, 1846" and typewritten: "Manufactured at Plumbe National Daguerrian Depot, New York"
Credit LineGift of Christina and Dr. George M. Kemp
Object number2001.39.11
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a sixth plate daguerreotype of an old woman.

ProvenanceGift of Dr. and Mrs. George M. Kemp to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 2001.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
ca. 1855
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
No Date
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
not dated
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
1865
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
ca. 1858
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
1855
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
ca. 1855
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
White
19th century