Smiling Child

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 1/2 inches (9.21 × 16.51 × 1.27 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 number2005.27.455

Signednone

InscribedInside case, behind plate, in blue pen: "July 22nd 1862"

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DescriptionImage of a smiling child with rosy cheeks wearing a polka dot dress seated in an upholstered loveseat. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat inside of a pebbled brown leather case with burgundy velvet liner.

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