Beautiful Woman Holding Fan McClees & Germon Philadelphia Daguerreotype 1840s literature The original mat is inside

The original mat is inside of the case behind the image

They are in very good as a whole

as hard as I tried

The woman appears to have microcephaly - typically called a "pinhead" back in the day

Beautiful Woman Holding Fan McClees & Germon Philadelphia Daguerreotype 1840s literature The original mat is insideOriginal 1840s quarter plate daguerreotype of a pretty woman holding a fan, taken by McClees & Germon their black and gold Philadelphia studio label is on the bottom edge of the mat. The original note affixed to the pad reads, "Aunt Annie died Dec. the 11, 1886". Dag is in full leather case with separated covers. Dag is in very good condition with a few tiny mat abrasions right up against the mat edge. No other issues. It has been resealed and new