← Hughes, Cornelius Jabez

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.

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).

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