Child with Building Blocks ("The Master Builder")

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.26 × 10.8 cm)
Case (open): 7 1/2 × 4 11/16 × 3/8 inches (19.05 × 11.91 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 4 11/16 × 5/8 inches (9.53 × 11.91 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2005.37.86

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn plate verso, on modern paper seal, in pencil: "New glass resealed RCE 2005"; On paper liner, behind plate, on white label, with black pen: "4010-58".

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DescriptionImage of child seated with set of building blocks. She's wearing a plaid dress and her hair is curled in ringlets. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat inside of a case with an embossed red velvet liner and a geometric motif.

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