Portrait of Constable sisters reading tea leaves
date: label: Date made
content: 1841-1861
name: label: photographer
content: Constable, William
label: maker
content: Constable, William
notes: label: Description
content: Early 19th century photographers often looked to friends and family as subjects of their photographs, honing their techniques. English daguerreotypist William Constable (1783-1861) photographed his sisters and family quite often, as seen in this example of his photograph of his sisters reading tea leaves. Constable's sister, Susanna Grece, sometimes assisted her brother, and documented this work in her diary entries. Constable operated his daguerreian studio in Brighton, England, from 1841-1861.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Brighton
topic: label: Subject
content: Portraits
label: Subject
content: Women
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.71.22.103
label: catalog number
content: 71.22.103
label: accession number
content: 299134
objectType: label: Object Name
content: daguerreotype
label: Other Terms
content: Photograph; Photograph; Daguerreotype
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 7 cm x .5 cm; 3 5/32 in x 2 3/4 in x 3/16 in