# Portrait of a Young Woman with a Daguerreotype

- By: Mathew Benjamin Brady (Lake George, 1823–1896)
- Date: 1840 - 1860
- Medium: copper (metal), leather, velvet (fabric weave), glass, silk
- Classification: photograph
- Dimensions: height 66 mm x width 53 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-F-F14363-A--00c9e040378258fc922492ef842dfdd5)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/YLGqL/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A picture within a picture – one that tells the whole story. The daguerreotype is not like the fleeting snapshot of nowadays. It is a rare likeness of a loved one, to be kept close and cherished, as is done by this woman holding a daguerreotype portrait of her husband. A daguerreotype was unique and fragile. That is why they were kept in pretty frames or decorated cases.