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Girl Sucking her Thumb

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (ninth): 2 1/2 × 2 inches (6.35 × 5.08 cm)
Case (open): 2 7/8 × 5 × 3/8 inches (7.3 × 12.7 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 2 7/8 × 2 1/2 × 1/2 inches (7.3 × 6.35 × 1.27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.439
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a seated little girl wearing a plaid dress and sucking her thumb. This ninth plate daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat inside of a case with an oval motif and an embossed red velvet liner.
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