Three Lively Women

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.26 × 10.8 cm)
Case (open): 7 3/8 × 4 5/8 × 3/8 inches (18.73 × 11.75 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 4 5/8 × 5/8 inches (9.21 × 11.75 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.63

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn modern paper seal, in pencil: "DOUBLE [illustration of a lamb between 2 crescent moons] J P / 40 PLATE MAKERS MARK LOWER RIGHT CORNER (R.29) / CONSERVATION 11/11/1996 GSW ATLANTA, GA."

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DescriptionImage of three women seated around a table with a pitcher, bowl, and plate filled with food. They are each wearing hats and looking towards the viewer. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype with hand coloring is housed in an oval brass mat inside of a case with gold tooling, the Eye of the Storm motif, and a dark red velvet liner.

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