Four Children

Dateca. 1848

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 7 7/8 × 4 7/8 × 3/8 inches (20 × 12.38 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 × 4 7/8 × 5/8 inches (10.16 × 12.38 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.492

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsPrinted on paper backing in tray, yellow paper, in black type: "LITTLEFIELD, PARSONS & CO., / MANUFACTURERS OF / Daguerreotype Cases, / L., P. & CO., / Are the sole Proprietors and only / legal Manufacturers of / UNION CASES , / WITH THE / Embracing Riveted Hinge. / Patented, / Oct. 14, 1856, & April 21, 1857."

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DescriptionImage of two white children seated in chairs with two black boys standing on either side of them. The little girl's dress is a pale red and the boy's shirt is a yellow ochre tint. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a union case with a burgundy velvet liner. The case depicts an outdoor scene with uniformed men, a horse, and a man on his knees beside a table.

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