Woman knitting, stereoview

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/ab386ba76c48457061b7246ee369fa61

Title

Woman knitting, stereoview

Creator

Mascher, John F., American

Date

between 1840 and 1860

Description

General note: Portrait of an elderly woman. ; Mascher stereoscopic daguerreotype. Both images are substantially scratched. Moderate stereoscopic effect. Subject posed with knitting. Photographer unidentified.
Identifying marks: Embossed on case viewer, “Mascher’s Improved Stereoscope/Philda./Patent/March 8th 1853”
Inscription: Identification from: Printed label on reverse.

Subject

Portraits
Women
Stereoscopic photographs

Source

Harvard Library

Relation

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.HOUGH:203344

Type

image

References

http://photographs.library.harvard.edu/daguerreotypes/view.shtml?uniqueId=olvwork162595

Citation

Mascher, John F., American, “Woman knitting, stereoview,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed July 25, 2026, http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/5335.

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