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Portrait of Three Women

Date

about 1849

Medium

Daguerreotype

Culture

American

Department

Photographs

Institution

Getty Museum

The power of this daguerreotype comes from the way the photographer has grouped the figures--perhaps three sisters, or a mother with her two daughters. He has carefully orchestrated the rhythm of their hands, the multiple directions of their glances, and their stances. Moreover, their strikingly different hairstyles also raise the question of whether the photographer had a hand in creating their distinctive coiffures.

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