[Young French couple]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Young French couple]
ca. 1854
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image: 4 3/4 × 3 1/2 in. (12.1 × 8.9 cm) (1/2 plate)
Case: 6 1/4 × 5 3/16 × 1 in. (15.9 × 13.2 × 2.5 cm)
Purchase
1969.0201.0044
Inscriptions Printed behind daguerreotype in case, C: GENUINE UNION CASE, \ Improved. \ S. PECK'S PATENT, \ Oct. 3d. 1854. \ H. HALVERSON'S PATENT \ Aug. 7th. 1855. \ Assigned to S. Peck. \ S. PECK'S PATENT, \ Feb. 5th. 1856.
Entry 269 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): From Clermont-Férand. Beautiful very large French daguerreotype of young couple. Very quaint costumes and hair arrangement. Girl is holding dag. case in hand. Dag. came in leather case, and was changed to large gutta-percha case. 3.00
Entry 269 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): From Clermont-Férand. Beautiful very large French daguerreotype of young couple. Very quaint costumes and hair arrangement. Girl is holding dag. case in hand. Dag. came in leather case, and was changed to large gutta-percha case. 3.00
