Portrait of the Photographer's Son, Alfred
Artist
Paul-Michel Hossard
(French, 1787 - 1862)
Date1842
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Framed: 7 1/8 × 6 1/8 × 3/8 inches (18.1 × 15.56 × 0.95 cm)
Framed: 7 1/8 × 6 1/8 × 3/8 inches (18.1 × 15.56 × 0.95 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2011.76.12
Signednone
InscribedOn plate verso, on blue backing paper, top, in black pen: "Mr Alfred Hossard age de 8 ans en 1842"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of boy sitting in a chair holding a bow and arrow in one hand, straw hat and ball in the other. A tube of arrows sits on the chair beside him. This daguerreotype is housed in a hand-lithographed paper mat inside of a wood period frame.
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