[Two women, two children]
Photograph
[Two women, two children]
ca. 1850
Daguerreotypes with applied color
Image (TL): 2 1/16 × 1 5/8 in. (5.3 × 4.2 cm)
Image (TR): 2 1/16 × 1 9/16 in. (5.3 × 4 cm)
Image (BL): 2 1/8 × 1 5/8 in. (5.4 × 4.2 cm)
Image (BR): 1 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (4.1 × 3.8 cm)
Overall (four 1/9 plates): 4 5/8 × 3 × 15/16 in. (11.8 × 7.6 × 2.4 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1969.0265.0038
Inscriptions Printed in ink, advertisement, verso, BL: A.A. FISH, \ MAMMOTH \ DAGUERRIAN ROOMS, \ 228 Washington street, \ (corner of summer street,) \ BOSTON. \ ----- \ Pictures taken with Machinery by the New \ American Process for Twenty-five Cents, \ warranted as good as any in Boston.
Printed in ink, advertisement on blue paper, verso, TR: DAVIS & CO.'S \ (Formerly James & Co.'s) \ 25 Cent Daguerreotype \ -AND- \ AMROTYPES \ ROOMS, \ Cor. Winter & Washington Streets, \ BOSTON. \ Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes, \ of all sizes, \ cheaper than at any other place in the world. \ --- \ Davis & Co. invariably take \ two pictures at one sitting by their \ Patent Double Camera. \ Particular attention given to \ copying pictures. \ The DAGUERREOTYPE is \ published monthly at our Rooms.
Inscribed in pencil, backing paper, verso of each daguerreotype: 10D-91
Printed in ink, advertisement on blue paper, verso, TR: DAVIS & CO.'S \ (Formerly James & Co.'s) \ 25 Cent Daguerreotype \ -AND- \ AMROTYPES \ ROOMS, \ Cor. Winter & Washington Streets, \ BOSTON. \ Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes, \ of all sizes, \ cheaper than at any other place in the world. \ --- \ Davis & Co. invariably take \ two pictures at one sitting by their \ Patent Double Camera. \ Particular attention given to \ copying pictures. \ The DAGUERREOTYPE is \ published monthly at our Rooms.
Inscribed in pencil, backing paper, verso of each daguerreotype: 10D-91
