I found this image attached to a Find-A-Grave memorial for my 4th great grandmother.
The person who posted the image labeled it as being from 1852.
According to records, my ancestor died in 1860.
I’m no expert, but I would expect an image from that time period to be a daguerreotype. To my untrained eye, this looks more like a card mounted print.
I’ve emailed the person who posted it, but have yet to get a response.
What do you think?
Paper copies of photos were possible in the 1860’s, perhaps it was a copy made later.
I recall reading a story about an unknown soldier at Gettysburg being identified by widespread distribution of a photo of his children found with his body. It was copied as a ‘Carte de Visite’ and publicized in newspapers (which could not print photos). Eventually his widow requested a copy and identified him.
Wiki etc. don’t seem to have paper photos in 1852. “Cartes de visite” became popular 1859 and during Civil War. They were 2 1/2 x 4; thin albumin prints on cardboard. “Cabinet cards”
4 1/2 x 6 1/2 after 1870. There may be something wrong with your/my dates.
That’s a cabinet card which were popular between the 1880s and 1920 or so, though much less so after 1900-1910. I’m not sure how well daguerreotypes could be copied and put onto a cabinet card though I guess it is possible. You’re best bet is to look at the type of clothing and style of hair. Just from a quick look though this to me looks like a photo from the late 1880s to early1890s. Then again I’m not a photo expert so you’ll need to do some more research.
Here are some photos of mine from the 1890s, to the best of my knowledge, that look similar to the one you have.
As you can see they look similar your yours in that they have the high neck line and pulled back hair. There are other things you’ll have to look for though just to try and date the photo.
However, I would say that if those dates of your ancestor are correct then it may not be correctly labeled. It could be a relative with the same name.