Unknown artist
Portrait of a woman
Artwork Detail
Louis Daguerre pioneered the daguerreotype method of making pictures, which is one of the earliest types of photography, popular throughout the 1840s and 1850s. It is essentially an image on a highly polished metal surface that must be held at a particular angle to view the picture.
The sitter’s hair is looped down over her ears in the style of the period and her dress is elaborate, indeed, every detail is a clear indication of upper-class status. (Chic Colonials: Ataahua, 2003)
- Title
- Portrait of a woman
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- circa 1852
- Medium
- etched daguerreotype in leather holder
- Dimensions
- 179 x 134 x 20 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1989
- Accession no
- 1989/3
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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