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The portrait features a young girl seated in a formal, static pose characteristic of the technical limitations of the time, which required subjects to remain perfectly still. 5423290_050.jpg

The "hand-colored" aspect is notable for its subtlety, using fine pigments to add pink hues to the girl's face and possibly gold accents to jewelry or details on her dress. Format: As a quarter-plate daguerreotype (roughly You can view the full record and high-resolution

inches), it was a common size for family keepsakes and was usually protected behind glass in a decorative leather or thermoplastic case. Archival Significance Historical Context The emergence of the "middle class"

The filename typically refers to a high-resolution image of "Young Girl" (c. 1850) , a hand-colored quarter-plate daguerreotype held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City . Historical Context

The emergence of the "middle class" portrait, as photography made capturing one's likeness more accessible than painted commissions.