Mother and Daughter

Artist Jesse Whitehurst (American, 1820 - 1875)

Dateca. 1850-1855

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (13.97 x 11.43 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.415

InscribedStamped on mat: "Whitehurst."

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DescriptionImage of a young woman seated next to a girl on a couch with a dog lying on the floor between them. The woman's hand rests on the girl's shoulder and the girl sits with her hands folded in her lap. This half plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat.Published References

Published References

See Whitehurst advertisement in Daily National Intelligencer [Washington, D.C.] 29:11915 (June 14, 1851): n.p.; "Obituary: Jesse H. Whitehurst," Philadelphia Photographer 12:142 (October 1875): 300-01; and "Obituary," Norfolk Landmark [Virginia] (September 28, 1875): n.p.

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