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Young Woman in a Patterned Dress
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Instead of expressing the sitter’s personality, the pose and composition are structured to draw attention to her prized possession: her best dress. The photographer employed a compositional formula and pose frequently chosen by photographers of that era to show off dresses made from fabric with complex, rhythmic geometric patterns.
| Artist / Maker | America |
|---|---|
| Date | 1860s |
| Culture / Origin | America |
| Medium | daguerreotype with hand-applied color |
| Dimensions | Image: 6.8 x 5.7 cm (2 11/16 x 2 1/4 in.); Case: 9.4 x 8.2 cm (3 11/16 x 3 1/4 in.) |
| Department | Photography |
| Type | Photograph |
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Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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