Unknown Girl
Artist
Joseph Hobday
(American)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1852
MediumSixth plate daguerreotype
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (7 x 8.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number88.141
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a sixth plate daguerreotype.Label TextJoseph Hobday American (active 1850s-1870s) Unknown Girl, ca. 1852 Sixth plate daguerreotype Museum purchase 88.141 In the 1850s, Joseph Hobday operated a studio at 42 High Street in Portsmouth, Virginia. Edited By: CW Edited Date: 2007 Approved By: ERL Approval Date: 2007Exhibition History"A History of Photography: 15 Years at the Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., September 11, 1993 - March 6, 1994. "20/20: Fashion in Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., September 23, 1999 - January 2, 2000. "Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004. "Photography Speaks," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, September 4, 2004 - January 2, 2005. "The World of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 20, 2007 - May 25, 2008
