Antique Photograph Of An Elderly Woman - Framed Ambrotype, XIXᵉ Century

Antique photograph depicting an elderly woman, seated in traditional dress. The portrait is presented under glass in a period frame in blackened wood, with simulated marie-louise with gilded fillets on a tortoiseshell-style background, typical of the mid-19ᵉ century.
The photographic process used appears to be an ambrotype, a technique in use mainly between 1855 and 1880.
The clothing elements refer to traditional French rural headdresses and outfits of the XIXᵉ century, worn in particular by elderly or mourning women.
The style of the headdress, very sober, evokes several regional traditions: those of the Southwest, but also potentially those of Normandy or Picardy. No definitive attribution can be made without further textile analysis.
A touching and authentic testimony to the peasant and feminine world of the XIXᵉ century.

^{About ambrotype : Ambrotype is a photographic process that appeared in 1850, patented by James Ambrose Cutting. The term was coined by Marcus Aurelius Root. It consists of a wet collodion negative on glass, which becomes positive simply by juxtaposing a dark background. Like the daguerreotype, the ambrotype produces a unique, non-reproducible image.
This process enjoyed great success between 1855 and 1880, not least because it was faster and less costly to produce than the daguerreotype. It was later superseded by albumen paper photography.}

Condition: good overall condition for this type of object. The subject is sharp and well preserved, with a nice depth of gray. A few scratches are visible, revealing the black background in places. The imitation tortoiseshell rim is visibly missing
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Signature: none.
Period : circa 1855 / 1860 - 19th century.

Frame dimensions : Width 19 cm - Height 21,6 cm.
Plate dimensions : Width 13.3 cm - Height 15.4 cm.

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