
Portrait of a Woman
Hughes, Cornelius Jabez · British
c. 1855
- Medium
- daguerreotype with applied color
- Classification
- Photograph
- Period
- 1826 to 1850
- Image size
- 8212 × 9136px
Description
The image depicts a seated woman, visible from the waist up. She has dark, neatly parted hair. She wears a long-sleeved, dark dress with a high collar and white lace or frilled trim at the cuffs. She is posed with her right elbow on a table and her right hand under her chin, with her left hand resting on her lap. There is a small object in her left hand. A dark, round table nearby holds a book or box. The background is plain and the scene is framed in gold.
Rights & Source
Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).