Woman with Oil Lamp and Sewing Basket
SOLD November 2004 |
Oval quarter plate daguerreotype, French 1840s, showing a woman seated next to a table bearing a tall oil lamp, books and a sewing basket. In oval paper mat and period wood frame.
In an interesting variant on the home photo, this woman has dragged her entire home outdoors and reassembled it atop a patch of dirt and rocks, where the photographer was able to obtain better lighting. Extremely crisp, this image shows every detail of her possessions.
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