[Mother and two children]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Mother and two children]
ca. 1852
Daguerreotype
Image: 4 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (11.4 × 8.3 cm) (1/2 plate)
Case: 6 1/4 × 4 3/4 × 3/4 in. (15.9 × 12.1 × 1.9 cm)
Purchase
1969.0202.0081
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 717
Entry 717 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Perfect & lovely black fine morocco leather large 5x6 case with rounded corners, containing handsome clear daguerreotype of a mother seated on lovely old sofa with tiny girl standing in pantalettes, and smiling baby in her arms. Adorable costumes and setting. Cost about 3.00. Worth 7.50
Entry 717 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Perfect & lovely black fine morocco leather large 5x6 case with rounded corners, containing handsome clear daguerreotype of a mother seated on lovely old sofa with tiny girl standing in pantalettes, and smiling baby in her arms. Adorable costumes and setting. Cost about 3.00. Worth 7.50
