Ninth Plate Daguerreotype of an African-American Woman, c. 1840s-1850s.
American: 1840s-1850s. Ninth-plate daguerreotype measuring 2 ⅜ x 1 ⅞ inches in thermoplastic case. Generally excellent condition. A bust-length daguerreotype portrait of an African American woman with coiffed hair. Her cheeks have been tinted pink and her bowtie is blue.