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Description
Around the year 1848, Portland photographer Samuel Carleton (1822-1908) captured this sixth plate bust portrait of an unidentified woman. A felt insert within the image's leatherette case reads the words "Carleton / Artist / Portland." In 1847-1848 city directory, Carleton was listed at 49 Middle Street, at his "Great Daguerrian or Heliographic Gallery."
About This Item
- Title: Sixth plate daguerreotype of unidentified woman, Portland, ca. 1848
- Creator: Samuel L. Carleton
- Creation Date: circa 1848
- Subject Date: circa 1848
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: daguerreotype
- Local Code: 2007.224.052
- Collection: Vickery-Shettleworth collection of early Maine photography
- Object Type: Image
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Samuel L. Carleton daguerreotype, Portland, ca. 1845
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