Portrait of a Laundress
1848–1850
- Medium
- Hand-colored daguerreotype
- Dimensions
- 15.7 × 11.9 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-504451
The rigid pose of this household servant at work and her central placement within the oval frame are this portrait's key visual elements. Her hand grasps one of the tools of her trade, a bar of soap, as she prepares the cloth for washing. The laundress emerges from the murky surroundings with the direct gaze and rigid posture of a woman both proud of her work and perhaps somewhat suspicious of the camera.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- 1848–1850 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs
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