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Portrait of a Woman
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
It seemed a miracle that anyone could afford to have an accurate record of their own likeness or those of their loved ones. This portrait is an excellent example of the hundreds of thousands of portraits produced by commercial photographers in mid-nineteenth-century America. Small scale yet housed in an elaborately decorated thermoplastic case, it was intended to be carried by its owner or displayed on parlor tables or knickknack shelves.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePortrait of a Woman, 1860s. America. Tintype; overall: 9.8 x 9 x 2.1 cm (3 7/8 x 3 9/16 x 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Julius L. Greenfield Photography Acquisition Fund, 2022.13
