Traveling Minstrels--banjo and bones
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (8.26 x 6.99 cm)
Case: 3 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 5/8 inches (9.53 x 8.59 x 1.6 cm)
Case: 3 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 5/8 inches (9.53 x 8.59 x 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2008.41.22
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DescriptionThis is a sixth-plate daguerreotype in a leather case. It depicts a banjo player in a straw hat and a man playing bones dressed in minstrel clothing.
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