Portrait of child in high chair

Former TitleChild in High Chair

Artist Thomas Hayes (American, active ca. 1850s)

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 3/4 × 7 5/8 × 3/8 inches (12.07 × 19.37 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 inches (12.07 × 9.53 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4809

SignedSigned on plate recto, bottom center, etched in plate: "Hayes, N.Y."

InscribedPlate stamped with partial "A. Gaudin" hallmark.

MarkingsOn modern tape seal, plate verso, in pencil: "reglassed + resealed Dec. 1993 / C.Wahren /New Haven CT"

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DescriptionImage of a child seated in a highchair. The child is wearing a dotted dress with ties at the shoulders, socks, and dark shoes. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat inside of a pebbled leather case with a push-button clasp and burgundy velvet liner that is embossed with an urn motif.

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