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Sick Girl

Artist Beckers & Piard (American, active, 1840s and 1850s)
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 11/16 × 6 7/16 × 3/8 inches (9.37 × 16.35 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 11/16 × 3 3/16 × 5/8 inches (9.37 × 8.1 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.568
SignedOn mat recto, lower left, stamped:"BECKERS & PIARD"; On mat recto, lower right, stamped: "264 BROADWAY".
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn modern paper seal, plate verso, in pencil: "NO PLATE MFGS. MARKS / 582-01-98 / REGLAZED, SEALED WITH FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE 9-20-2005 GSW"
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DescriptionImage of a young girl with a pillow behind her head and a plaid blanket draped over her shoulders. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass oval mat inside of a case with an embossed purple velvet liner. The case depicts "The Flower Cornucopia" motif and is adorned with gold tooling along the perimeter.
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