American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann

Irregular sixth plate daguerreotype portrait featuring fine hand-coloring. (Some tarnish to edges, few spots throughout image.) Housed under glass in a leatherette frame with hanging fob (significant discoloration to front border, with general surface wear throughout). A dark-haired woman reclines on a couch or daybed, with gauzy cloth draped behind and around her, a bouquet of flowers and pearls resting in front of her, and her hand gesturing near her face. Features of bouquet and female subject hand-colored in pink, green, and yellow. Image is illustrated in Die Erotische Daguerreotypie, published by Weingarter (p. 52).

Likely European, possibly German.