[Young boy and man]

[Young boy and man]

Photograph

[Young boy and man]

ca. 1850
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image: 2 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (7 × 5.7 cm) (each; 1/6 plate)
Case: 3 7/8 × 6 1/4 × 1 in. (9.8 × 15.9 × 2.5 cm)
Purchase
1969.0202.0075
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 437
Entry 437 and 439 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): 437. Large 4”x6” gutta percha case from Elizabeth Edgette, antiques, Ossining, N.Y. Has “Moses in Bulrushes with Sister Miriam” (2.00). Contains beautiful dag. of unknown man ($.50). also #439 (.25) 439. Unusual looking daguerreotype of unknown young man. Blond and delicate, and pretty like a girl. Dressed like a grown man, but probably very young ($.25 without case) Placed in gutta percha case #437. (Moses in Bulrushes) Case cost 2.00. Total cost with daguerreotype of 2 men, case and postal charges, about 3.00


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