Family Group with Wife Wearing Daguerreotype Pin of Husband

Artist John A. Keenan (American, active 1850s)

Dateca. 1855

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 11/16 × 7 3/8 × 3/8 inches (11.91 × 18.73 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 11/16 × 3 5/8 × 5/8 inches (11.91 × 9.21 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2005.37.84

SignedOn velvet liner, embossed: "KEENAN / 2D AB SOUTH ST / PHILADA."

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DescriptionImage of a man, woman, and two children. The bearded man wears and suit and tie. The woman wears a daguerreotype broach with a lace collared dress. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype is housed in an ornately stamped brass mat inside of a Birds and Grapevine Variant motif with a red velvet liner embossed with the maker's name.

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