Children standing with pile driver
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 5/8 x 3 1/4 x 3/4 inches (9.21 x 8.26 x 1.91 cm)
open: 6 7/16 x 3 1/4 inches (16.35 x 8.26 cm)
open: 6 7/16 x 3 1/4 inches (16.35 x 8.26 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2011.76.40
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionCased daguerreotype with brass mat and red velvet liner. Image of a canal barge with a pile driver attached to the stern. Five workmen are on the barge and 21 young children are standing in front of the vessel. On the far right side is latticework across the top of a canal lock.
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