Family Portrait

Dateca. 1855

MediumDaguerreotypes

DimensionsPlate (each, ninth): 2 1/2 × 2 inches (6.35 × 5.08 cm)
Case (open): 4 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 3/8 inches (12.07 × 21.59 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 5/8 inches (12.07 × 10.8 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4816.A-E

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DescriptionFive small daguerreotype portraits presented together in one mat and housed in oversized quarter plate case. Woman at top left, man at top right, baby in the center, young boy in bottom left, and young girl in bottom right. These daguerreotypes are housed in a brass mat (oval openings) inside of a case with an embossed red velvet liner and embosed case with abstract designs.

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