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Abstract

Photograph of woman seated in a framed in pocket case circa 1860-1870.
The daguerreotype was the precursor to photographs and they were very popular during the 1840s.

This daguerreotype may possibly be of Sophia Lee Archer nee Mattinson, who was born in 1809.
She married John Lee Archer, the Colonial Engineer and Architect, in 1833 aged 25.

Pocket case constructed of wood frame, covered in embossed leather. When opened, it has one photograph in a frame made of brass and on the back side of the door a blue velvet embossed pad. Case is hinged with leather and closed with two small latches. Bequeathed by John Murray Harrisson, great grandson of John Lee Archer, 1941. RS.123/17

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Keywords:	Tasmania, Royal Society of Tasmania, science, natural science, social history, Australia, indexes, University of Tasmania, Library, private deposits, archives, Collections, catalogue, Special, Van Diemen's Land, photograph
Publisher:	Royal Society of Tasmania, University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection
Collections:	Royal Society Collection Other Special Collections Photograph Collection
Additional Information:	This material is subject to copyright protection. Further dealings with this material may be a copyright infringement. RS.123/17
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