Two Children

Artist Edward Jacobs (American, 1813 - 1892)

Dateca. 1850-1852

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 5/8 × 7 3/8 × 3/8 inches (11.75 × 18.73 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 3 11/16 × 5/8 inches (11.75 × 9.37 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.459

SignedOn mat recto, lower right corner, stamped: "E. JACOBS N.O."

InscribedOn paper liner, behind plate, in pencil: "Found at / Thomas / Carsons place / in Egypt / Emetry Morgan".

MarkingsOn modern paper tape, behind plate, in pencil: "NO PLATE MFG'S MARKS / 778-1-01 / 100% RAG BOARD SPACER BETWEEN PLATE & MAT, REGLAZED, SEALED W/FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE 9-20-2005 GSW"

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DescriptionImage of a young boy resting his elbow on a table as he gazes at a seated young girl. The girl is wearing a long sleeved dress with fringe and her arms are crossed in her lap. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a case with Mixed Flowers Variant motif and an embossed red velvet liner.Published References

Published References

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): 348-49; New Orleans Daily Picayune (January 2, 1851): n.p.

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