Portrait of a Boy with Toy Rifle
Artist
Warren Thompson
(American, active 1840s-1850s)
Dateca. 1854-1856
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (stereo): 3 1/8 × 6 5/8 inches (7.94 × 16.83 cm)
Mat: 3 5/16 × 6 13/16 inches (8.41 × 17.3 cm)
Mat: 3 5/16 × 6 13/16 inches (8.41 × 17.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.423
SignedOn mat recto, right edge, in gold type: "W. THOMPSON, rue de Choiseul, 22."
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionStereo image of a child standing next to a tufted chair with hands clasped in front; a rifle is tucked under the child's left arm. This uncased stereo daguerreotype is housed behind reverse painted glass.Published ReferencesSpringfield Daily Republican [Massachusetts] (March 22, 1851): n.p.; Janet E. Buerger, French Daguerreotypes (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989): 108-14; and Bates Lowry and Isabel Lowry, The Silver Canvas: Daguerreotype Masterpieces from the J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1998): 92-93, 220.
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