[ Photographs ] (Cased Images) Portraits Outstanding quarter-plate daguerreotype portrait of a woman dressed in a black gown and diaphanous capelet: in a full leather case. Early 1850s E1200-1800 A beautifully lit and elegant portrait in which the

[ Photographs ] (Cased Images) Portraits Outstanding quarter-plate daguerreotype portrait of a woman dressed in a black gown and diaphanous capelet: in a full leather case. Early 1850s E1200-1800 A beautifully lit and elegant portrait in which the photographer has succeeded in reinforcing the figure's presence with her pose. Ile woman appears confident in her simple and fashionable attire.