Painting of Young Girl with Chess Board (surreal still life)

Dateca. 1848-1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 11/16 × 6 7/16 × 3/8 inches (9.37 × 16.35 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 11/16 × 3 3/16 × 5/8 inches (9.37 × 8.1 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2005.37.25

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn modern paper seal, on plate verso, in pencil: "Resealed 3-24-88 KA.”; On paper liner, behind plate, in pencil: "brass preserver not original to image Daguerreotype ex John McWilliams Stockton, CA.".

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DescriptionImage of a draped painting of a young girl overlooking a chess board. This sixth plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a case with an embossed red velvet liner and a delicate roses variant motif.

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