Three quarter length double portrait of two women facing the camera, perhaps sisters, one seated, one standing. The standing woman has a patterned dress, with a decorative ruff on the upper arms of the dress, and folded-back lace cuffs. She has rings on her right hand. A ribbon is tied around the neck and part of her white collar is seen. Her straight dark hair has a central parting and is swept back over her ear presumably to a bun at the back. Her left arm is on the shoulder of the seated woman, who wears a mid-tone dress with scalloped edges to the bodice and upper arm ruffs. She also has lace cuffs, smaller, and a larger tie at the collar. Her left arm rests on a cloth-covered table. She wears earrings.
Cushion cover velvet has been stamped with an elaborate design of flower and foliage decoration surrounding an eagle holding a banner 'WHITEHURST GALLERIES' then below this in the central area 'NEW YORK BALTIMORE RICHMOND NORFOLK PETERSBURG LYNCHBURG'
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Three quarter length double portrait of two women facing the camera, perhaps sisters, one seated, one standing. The standing woman has a patterned dress, with a decorative ruff on the upper arms of the dress, and folded-back lace cuffs. She has rings on her right hand. A ribbon is tied around the neck and part of her white collar is seen. Her straight dark hair has a central parting and is swept back over her ear presumably to a bun at the back. Her left arm is on the shoulder of the seated woman, who wears a mid-tone dress with scalloped edges to the bodice and upper arm ruffs. She also has lace cuffs, smaller, and a larger tie at the collar. Her left arm rests on a cloth-covered table. She wears earrings.
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Cushion cover velvet has been stamped with an elaborate design of flower and foliage decoration surrounding an eagle holding a banner 'WHITEHURST GALLERIES' then below this in the central area 'NEW YORK BALTIMORE RICHMOND NORFOLK PETERSBURG LYNCHBURG'.
Mat is blind-stamped WHITEHURST
Jesse Harrison Whitehurst war einer der bekanntesten Daguerreotypisten Amerikas mit vielen Dependancen in namhaften Städten. Bereits 1843 hatte er seine ersten Ateliers in Norfolk (Virginia) und Charleston (South Carolina) eröffnet.
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