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Two Children With Daguerreotype

Artist Thomas Faris (American, born ca. 1814)
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 3/8 × 6 3/8 × 3/8 inches (8.57 × 16.19 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 inches (9.21 × 7.94 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.350
SignedOn velvet liner, embossed: " T. FARIS MELODEON GALLERY / CINCINNATI."
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of two children, a boy and a girl. The girl wears a plaid dress and holds an open daguerreotype in her lap while the boy stands next to her. This sixth plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a case with Mixed Garden Flowers motif and a red velvet liner embossed with the artist's name.Published References
Mary Sayre Haverstock, Jeannette Mahoney Vance, and Brian L. Meggitt, eds., Artists in Ohio, 1797-1900: A Biographical Dictionary (Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, ca. 2000): 279-80.
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