Duck hunters
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (13.97 × 11.43 cm)
Case (open): 9 5/8 × 6 × 1/2 inches (24.45 × 15.24 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 6 × 3/4 inches (12.07 × 15.24 × 1.91 cm)
Case (open): 9 5/8 × 6 × 1/2 inches (24.45 × 15.24 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 6 × 3/4 inches (12.07 × 15.24 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.93
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
On View
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DescriptionImage of three men seated next to one another; they each hold a rifle and wear hats with floppy bills. Duck decoys are scattered on the floor in front of them and a dog is partially visible behind the man on the far right. This half plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat with rounded corners inside of a brown case embossed with a lyre and a decorative burgundy velvet liner.
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Unknown
ca. 1865
2017.54.21
