Two boys
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1845
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Mat: 6 1/16 × 5 inches (15.39 × 12.7 cm)
Mat: 6 1/16 × 5 inches (15.39 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.8.44
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn blue paper backing, upper right corner, in pencil: "A1402/104"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of two boys dressed alike with arms around one another. This quarter plate uncased daguerreotype is housed in an original oval passé-partout enclosure with reverse painted cover glass and a gold trimmed opening.
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