[Brother and sister]
Photograph
[Brother and sister]
ca. 1855
Daguerreotype
Image: 2 5/8 × 2 1/8 in. (6.7 × 5.4 cm) (1/6 plate)
Case: 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 11/16 in. (9.2 × 7.9 × 1.7 cm)
1969.0202.0044
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 581
Entry 581 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): 1/6 size case, lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlaid front, moss roses, etc. Back cover leather with harp. Contains dag. of young brother & sister. Line down center of plate cuts off part of arm of each. Two dags. must have been cut down and rephotographed as a group. Maker of plate is “E. White Maker, N.Y. Finest Quality A No.1.” From Melody Lane Oakland (2.00)
Entry 581 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): 1/6 size case, lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlaid front, moss roses, etc. Back cover leather with harp. Contains dag. of young brother & sister. Line down center of plate cuts off part of arm of each. Two dags. must have been cut down and rephotographed as a group. Maker of plate is “E. White Maker, N.Y. Finest Quality A No.1.” From Melody Lane Oakland (2.00)
