Black boy

Dateca. 1855

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 3/4 × 6 5/8 × 3/8 inches (9.53 × 16.83 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 5/8 inches (9.53 × 8.26 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2005.37.102

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn plate verso, on modern paper seal, in pencil: " [illustration of a lamb between 2 crescent moons] J P 40 PLATE MAKERS MARK LOWER R. CORNER (R.29) / 20TH CENTURY SEAL REMOVED, 100% RAG BOARD SPACER INSTALLED BETWEEN MAT & PLATE WITH CLOVER GLASS REPLACED, RESEALED WITH FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE 3-17-1997 GSW ATLANTA, GA."

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DescriptionImage of a young black boy seated in a chair with his hands at his side. This sixth plate cased daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat inside of an unadorned case with a push-button clasp and burgundy velvet liner.

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