Three Girls

Artist Enoch Long (American, 1823 - 1898)

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches (13.97 × 10.8 cm)
Case (closed): 6 × 4 3/4 × 5 inches (15.24 × 12.07 × 12.7 cm)
Case (open): 6 × 9 1/2 × 3/8 inches (15.24 × 24.13 × 0.95 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.283

SignedOn mat recto, bottom, stamped: "E.LONG"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn modern paper seals, in pencil: "NO PLATE MFGS MARKS / REGLAZED, SEALED W/FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE / 12-12-2005 GSW / 664-1-00"

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DescriptionImage of three girls: two white with matching dresses and hand-colored necklaces, one black that stands behind them. This half plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat with stamped artist's name inside of a leather case with a red embossed velvet liner. The case is embellished with a floral urn and gold edging inside.Published References

Published References

Peter E. Palmquist and Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide, A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2005): 403-04.

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