Edward Bierstadt, Portrait of a Lady, about 1890

A portrait of a woman in a gown, sitting in a chair against a backdrop of curtains and blankets.

Photocollograph (chromatotype), final printing. Gift of E. Bierstadt. Cat. No. 661.

This rare “chromatotype” (today called a photocollograph) portrait from life by Edward Bierstadt, brother of painter Albert Bierstadt and of photographer Charles Bierstadt, is an early experiment in color photography in the United States.