Man and Woman Posed with Painting of Man

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 6 7/16 × 3 11/16 × 3/8 inches (16.35 × 9.37 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/16 × 3 11/16 × 5/8 inches (8.1 × 9.37 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2005.37.2

Signednone

InscribedOn period note, behind plate, in black pen: [?] possibly Everett no 9193.

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DescriptionImage of a seated man and woman posed with a painted portrait of a man. The woman holds a small book in her lap. This sixth plate cased daguerreotype is housed inside of a brass mat with a red silk liner in a case with The Delicate Roses, Variant motif.

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