Child with Brush and Palette

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 3/8 inches (11.75 × 19.05 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 inches (11.75 × 9.53 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.376

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn modern paper seal, behind plate, in pencil: "Scovill's Mfg Co Extra Plate Maker's Mark Lower Left Corner (R.46c). / 400-44-96 / Cover glass & mat replaced, sealed with filmoplast P-90 tape 7-23-2001 GSW @Kansas City, MO."

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DescriptionImage of a nude child seated while holding a paintbrush and palette. His bare feet rest on a stack of books. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a decorative brass mat inside of a case with gold tooling and Mixed Flower Variant motif, embossed red velvet liner, and side push button closure.

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