Woman Wearing Glasses, Holding Daguerreotype
Artist
Jesse H. Whitehurst
(American, 1820-1875)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1849
MediumSixth plate daguerreotype
DimensionsOverall, Support: 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (9.5 x 8.3 cm)
Overall, Image: 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (6.4 x 5.7 cm)
Overall, Image: 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (6.4 x 5.7 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Fund
Object number89.83
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a sixth plate daguerreotype photograph.Exhibition History"The Portrait in America," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Jan. 26 - April 8, 1990. "Lynchburg Photographers," Lynchburg Museum System of Living History, Lynchburg, VA, May 14-October 1995. "20/20: Fashion in Photography," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, September 23, 1999 - January 2, 2000. Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson. _The Portrait in America_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1990: p. 10.
