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PROPERTY FROM THE JACKIE NAPOLEAN WILSON COLLECTION
UNKNOWN MAKER
"Portrait of a lady of letters"
Details
UNKNOWN MAKER
"Portrait of a lady of letters"
Sixth-plate daguerreotype, hand-colored with gilt highlighting. Circa 1850. Leather case.
"Portrait of a lady of letters"
Sixth-plate daguerreotype, hand-colored with gilt highlighting. Circa 1850. Leather case.
Literature
Wilson, Hidden Witness:African-American Images from the Dawn of Photography to the Civil War, pp. 42-43.
Exhibited
Hidden Witness:African-Americans in Early Photography, The J. paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, 29 February - 18 June, 1995.