Monmouth Inquirer
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 7 1/2 × 4 3/4 × 1/4 inches (19.05 × 12.07 × 0.64 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 5/8 inches (9.53 × 12.07 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 7 1/2 × 4 3/4 × 1/4 inches (19.05 × 12.07 × 0.64 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 5/8 inches (9.53 × 12.07 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.553
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn modern paper seal, plate verso, in pencil: "NO PLATE MAKER'S MARK / 20TH CENTURY CELLOPHANE TAPE SEAL REMOVED, / COVER GLASS REPLACED, RESEALED WITH FILMOPOLAST / P-90 TAPE 3-17-1997 GSW ATLANTA, GA."
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DescriptionImage of a two story house with a porch that spans the entire front. A sign which reads "Monmouth Inquirer" is stretched across part of the top story. A woman wearing a dress with a full skirt is standing by the front door and a man is sitting in the upper window. This quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in a stamped brass mat inside of a case with a floral motif and an embossed red velvet liner.
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George H. Johnson
ca. 1850-1855
2005.27.119
