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A Showing of Daguerreotypes

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.26 × 10.8 cm)
Case (open): 7 5/8 × 4 3/4 × 3/8 inches (19.37 × 12.07 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 5/8 inches (9.53 × 12.07 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.127
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of two men, seated across from each other at a small table with daguerreotypes displayed. This quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat with nonpareil opening inside of a traditional case with two hook-and-eye closures and an embossed red velvet liner.
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Portrait of a Young Man
George N. Barnard
ca. 1850
2005.27.4624
Family Portrait
Unknown
ca. 1855
2005.27.4816.A-E
recto image
Silas A. Holmes
ca. 1854
2005.27.428
Child with Brush and Palette
Unknown
ca. 1850
2005.27.376
Two Children With Daguerreotype
Thomas Faris
ca. 1850
2005.27.350
Odd Fellow with Ceremonial Axe
Unknown
ca. 1850
2005.37.16