Portrait of two women

Former TitleTwo women [holding hands]

Artist Nelson Byron Vars (American, 1831 - 1914)

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (8.26 x 6.99 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4744

InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand In Plate

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Description1/6 plate daguerreotype; artist's signature in lower right edge on surface of plate. Oval image of two women, seated, holding hands.

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