[Child]
Photograph
[Child]
ca. 1855
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image: 1 5/8 × 1 1/4 in. (4.1 × 3.2 cm) (1/6 plate)
Case: 3 3/4 × 3 5/16 × 7/8 in. (9.5 × 8.4 × 2.2 cm)
Purchase
1969.0200.0005
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 588
Engraved into brass mat, BC: ATKINS
Entry 588 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Brown 3x4 hard rubber case with insignia of “Order of the Garter” on each cover. Traded with Mrs. Labhard for #518. It contains unusual brass mat with miniature oval opening, and Entire daguerreotype taken from earlier miniature of pretty child. Taken by Atkins. Worth 6 or 7$.
Engraved into brass mat, BC: ATKINS
Entry 588 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Brown 3x4 hard rubber case with insignia of “Order of the Garter” on each cover. Traded with Mrs. Labhard for #518. It contains unusual brass mat with miniature oval opening, and Entire daguerreotype taken from earlier miniature of pretty child. Taken by Atkins. Worth 6 or 7$.
