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Artist
Meade Brothers Studio, active c. 1840 - c. 1869
Sitter
Lola Montez, 17 Feb 1818 - 17 Jan 1861
Date
c. 1858
Type
Photograph
Medium
Sixth-plate daguerreotype
Dimensions
Image/Sight: 7.1 × 5.9 cm (2 13/16 × 2 5/16")
Mat (brass): 7.9 × 6.6 cm (3 1/8 × 2 5/8")
Case open: 9.3 × 16.6 × 1 cm (3 11/16 × 6 9/16 × 3/8")
Case closed: 9.3 × 8.3 × 1.7 cm (3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 11/16")
Topic
Interior
Cased object
Lola Montez: Female
Lola Montez: Literature\Writer
Lola Montez: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor
Lola Montez: Performing Arts\Performer\Dancer
Lola Montez: Society and Social Change\Mistress
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Emerson Lyons