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Portrait of G. Porter, Y.C. Porter, and C.M. Marsh
Portrait of G. Porter, Y.C. Porter, and C.M. Marsh

Portrait of G. Porter, Y.C. Porter, and C.M. Marsh

Artist Unknown
Date1853
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 7 1/2 × 4 5/8 × 9/16 inches (19.05 × 11.76 × 1.42 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 4 5/8 × 5/8 inches (9.22 × 11.76 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.15.40
Signednone
InscribedEngraved plate attached to pink satin inside lid, center: "Ms. G.Porter age 36 & / young Y.C.Porter 13 / years today also Milo [?] M / C.Marsh 26 June 18-1853"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionQuarter plate hand-colored cased daguerreotype housed in octagonal brass mat with pink silk liner and etched plate. Genre scene of woman holding a ceramic pitcher, man wearing vest looking down whilst pouring from a small pitcher, and young boy seated between them holding a glass in one hand.
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