Portrait of Two Women

Artist Charles H. Fontayne (American, 1814 - 1901)

Date1846

MediumDaguerreotype

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

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.351

InscribedOn printed strip in lower part of mat: "Fontayne, Artist, No. 30 West 4th St., Cin."

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DescriptionImage of two young women wearing dresses with lace shawls and gold-colored brooches. One rests her head on the shoulder of the other. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat.Published References

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Peter E. Palmquist and Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide, A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2005): 298-99.

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