Text: A Young Mother with Her Daughter Preference:
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Creation
Creator Description: unknown American
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Identity:unknown American Roles:photographer
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Creation Date:
ca. 1840 Earliest:1835 Latest:1845
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Styles/Periods/ Groups/Movements
Indexing Term: Victorian
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Measurements
Dimensions Description: quarter-plate,
10.79 x 16.51 cm (including case) (4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches)
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Value: 10.79 Unit: cm
Type: height Value: 16.51 Unit: cm
Type: width Format/Size: quarter-plate Dimensions Extent:image
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Materials and Techniques
Description: quarter-plate daguerreotype;
leather case; red velvet silk lining
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Technique Name:
daguerreotype Dimensions Extent: case
Materials Names:
leather
silk
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Condition/ Examination History
Description: There are some light tarnish
spots, especially noticeable in the background, giving
it a faintly mottled look. There is a small accretion
in the lower left portion of the image on the mother's
dress, and another smaller one to the right of the
young girl's arm. There are two intertwining tarnish
lines across the lower right corner (which is probably
due to being housed with a cracked piece of cover
glass for long period of time). The case is generally
worn and its hinge has been replaced.
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Subject Matter
Indexing terms:
portraits
human
figures
females
mother
and child
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Descriptive Note
Text: Quarter-plate daguerreotype of
a young mother, wearing a fancy plaid dress, and her
daughter, both with gilt detail on their earrings
and necklaces, without a seal, in a leather case.
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Current Location
Repository Name/Geographic Location:
private collection Repository Number:
not applicable
