Janet Mitchel Wilson and Lizzie Holman Wilson

Former TitleWoman and child

Date1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Framed: 4 5/16 × 3 7/8 × 5/8 inches (10.95 × 9.84 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4654

Signednone

InscribedOn frame verso, in blue pen: "This daguerreotype is / the image of Janet / Mitchel Wilson and her / baby daughter Lizzie Holman Wilson Montgomery, the / mother of Elizabeth Mitchel / Montgomery . This / daguerreotype was taken in / the year 1850."

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DescriptionImage of a woman seated with a baby girl on her lap. She holds the baby's head to her chest with her right hand. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed in an oval, brass mat inside of a small gold painted frame.

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