Caretaker with Child

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 3/8 × 3/8 inches (9.21 × 16.19 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 inches (9.21 × 7.94 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.488

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn plate verso, on modern paper seal, in pencil: "DOUBLE [illustration of a lamb between 2 crescent moons] J P / 40 PLATE MAKER'S MARK UPPER LEFT CORNER (R.29) / 2-PLY, 100% RAG BOARD SPACER INSTALLED BETWEEN PLATE & MAT COVER GLASS REPLACED, SEALED W/FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE 4-25-2001 GSW @KANSAS CITY, MO / 400-248-00"

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DescriptionImage of a young black woman with a sleeping baby on her lap. The woman wears a striped dress with a lace collar and fingerless gloves. This sixth plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a brown case with a Three Flowers motif and a pink silk liner.

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