Portrait of a woman holding a baby on her lap
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Title
Portrait of a woman holding a baby on her lap
Collection
Schomburg Daguerreotype collection
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1840 - 1849 (Approximate)
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: SCP 186032
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Genres
Physical Description
Daguerreotypes
Extent: Overall: 3 1/8 x 3 5/8"
Sixth plate daguerreotype housed in a wooden case with embossed areas that are very worn away.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b22717368
Archives ID: 186032
Other local Identifier: NYPL1988.4.36
Archives EAD ID: 3357329
Archives Components ID: 1669118
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 25666910-6377-013b-d11d-0242ac110002
Rights
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of a woman holding a baby on her lap" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1840 - 1849. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/25666910-6377-013b-d11d-0242ac110002
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1840 - 1849). Portrait of a woman holding a baby on her lap Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/25666910-6377-013b-d11d-0242ac110002
Chicago/Turabian Format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of a woman holding a baby on her lap" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/25666910-6377-013b-d11d-0242ac110002
Wikipedia citation
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