Quarter-plate daguerreotype of an old woman wearing a bonnet and holding a pair of spectacles. She is identified by the included note as Barbara Low Littlefield, wife of Thomas, grandmother of Sarah A. Littlefield Almy.
Barbara was born on May 14, 1776 and died on May 23, 1850, a year or two after this dag was made. She lived her whole life in Warwick, Rhode Island, where she is also buried.
Dag is in a full case and in excellent condition with its original seals intact. Case is complete with no repairs.