Portrait of a Standing Child
Artist
Charlotte Prosch
(American, active 1850s)
Dateca. 1851
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (8.26 x 6.99 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2005.37.80
InscribedPaper label reads: "Miss C. Prosch, 259 Broad-St. Newark NJ."
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DescriptionPortrait of young child in belted tunic standing next to small round table with tinted floral patterned cloth. Label under glass across bottom of mat reads: "Miss C. Prosch, 259 Broad-st. Newark, NJ". In full leather case.Published References"Notice," Newark Daily Advertiser 16:170 (July 19, 1847): n.p.; "Daguerreotype Notice," Newark Daily Advertiser 19:74 (March 29, 1850): n.p.; and "Mrs. Day," Newark Daily Advertiser 22:201 (August 29, 1853): n.p.
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