Portrait of girl in off shoulder taffeta dress [picture]

Condition: good; Enclosed paper wrapping: "J. Macarthur Collection Presented 20/7/66. Daguerreotypes invented 1837 (pub. 1839). Mercury on silver plate (subjects & origen [ie. origin] unknown). Period about 1840-1855. Succeded [ie succeeded] by Scott Archer 1845. Collodion proces [ie process].; Part of the J. Macarthur collection of early photography; ""Daguerreotype, quater plate,cased, possibly Australian, ca. 1850" -- note on file by Alan Davies, New South Wales State Library.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an11580595-5