The Adlard Sisters

Dateca. 1855

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 6 7/16 × 3 5/8 × 3/8 inches (16.35 × 9.21 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 11/16 × 3 5/8 × 5/8 inches (9.37 × 9.21 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2005.37.127

Signednone

InscribedOn paper note, housed behind plate, in black pen: "Adlard sisters"

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DescriptionImage of two young women, one apparently standing with the other seated and slightly off to the side. This sixth plate cased daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat inside of a case with an embossed purple velvet liner and Birds and Flower Basket motif.

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