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Daguerreotype, "Pwan Ye-Koo," frontal
Object Number 35-5-10/53055
Display Title Daguerreotype, "Pwan Ye-Koo," frontal
Descriptions
Object Description Mounted daguerrotype, front face view of Chinese girl, to waist, in Chinese costume. Dimensions: 2.75" x 2.25". Photographer identified as Chase on metal mat. Picture, Chinese girl
Subject
  • Portrait
  • Woman
Department Photographic
Date 1850
Artist Lorenzo G. Chase
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Boston
Materials Daguerreotype
Dimensions Overall: 6.99 x 5.72 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.)

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