Unidentified photographer / artist
n.d.
Mrs Ruth Day

Daguerreotype, 3/4 plate
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: Feb 21, 2008, 51, part 1 / lot 13)
 
Mrs. Ruth Day, is seen at a table, holding a small book, probably a prayer book. Her lace shawl is nicely rendered. She outlived her daughter, dying in 1865 at age 85.
 
LL/27045