Cardplayers at table

Artist Unknown

Dateca. 1855

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (8.26 x 6.99 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4690

InscribedInscribed into the verso with a stylus is: "M[i]ss Ella M. Blassdell / Dorcester / NH" Signed in artist's hand

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DescriptionImage of two men seated seated at a table playing cards, one with a cigar in his mouth. A glass bottle sits on the table between the players. The details in the cards can be seen. This sixth-plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a thermoplastic case with a red velvet liner embossed with a scroll motif.

The plate is housed in a scarce case "LIBERTY" (Paul Berg #1-67R) thermoplastic Union case.

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