[Portrait of an unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

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1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 98 x 63 mm (carte de visite format)

About this photograph

This 1865 albumen print presents a head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman whose identity is not recorded. She faces left in the photograph.

The image was produced in carte de visite format, a popular style of the period that measured approximately 98 by 63 millimeters and mounted photographs on card stock. These small portraits were widely exchanged and collected during the 1860s.

No information about the subject, the photographer, or the circumstances of the sitting has survived with this photograph. The carte de visite is held by the Library of Congress.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.

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