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Portrait of an Elderly Woman

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Date: about 1853
Medium: Hand-colored daguerreotype
Culture: French
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

This elderly woman's unusual headdress suggests that she lived in a province in northwestern France, possibly Normandy. Her satin dress and corded belt with a bag of household keys identifies her as the head of a well-to-do rural household. The oval mat enhances the presentation of the subject and is reminiscent of miniature portrait paintings.

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