Daguerreotype of a young woman
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1850
name: label: Created by
content: Augustus Washington, American, 1821 - 1875
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of a young woman dressed in a high-collared garment and wearing dangling earrings. The earrings have been hand-tinted gold. The plates are in a case that is missing its cover. The photograph has a gold colored frame stamped [WASHINGTON] on the bottom left corner.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.16
objectType: label: Type
content: daguerreotypes
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver amalgam, silver on copper photographic plates
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Sheet): 2 1/2 x 2 in. (6.4 x 5.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Case: 2 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 5/16 in. (7.3 x 6.4 x 0.8 cm)