Portrait of two children

Former TitleTwo Children

Artist Rensselaer E. Churchill (American, 1820 - 1892)

Dateca. 1850-1855

MediumHand-colored daguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches (13.97 × 10.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.318

SignedSigned in lower center of plate: "Churchill."

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DescriptionImage of little girl sitting in a child's chair which is resting on top of another chair; a little boy holds her hand and stands beside her. This hand-colored half plate daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat.Gallery Label

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Rensselaer E. Churchill operated a daguerreotype studio in Albany, New York. Churchill signed his plates directly on the surface; a practice common among painters, but unusual for daguerreotypists at the time.

Published References

"Colored Daguerreotypes," Daily Albany Argus (July 1, 1848); "Early Photography in Albany: Practitioners and Process," Inside the Albany Institute of History & Art (May/June 1998): 2.

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