Family of Four

Dateca. 1847-1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 8 1/2 × 4 11/16 × 3/8 inches (21.59 × 11.91 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/16 × 4 11/16 × 5/8 inches (10.64 × 11.91 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.46

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn plate verso, on paper tape, in pencil: "No Hallmark c. 1846-48 / Retaped 8/12/96 DAW Exeter, NH"

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DescriptionImage of two children seated between a man and a woman. The man is wearing a suit, the woman is wearing a dark dress with lace collar and brooch. The sitters' cheeks and children's dresses have been hand-colored. This quarter cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a decorative case with an embossed burgundy velvet liner

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