[Elderly woman and child]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Elderly woman and child]
ca. 1855
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image: 2 11/16 × 2 1/4 in. (6.8 × 5.7 cm) (1/6 plate)
Case: 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 in. (9.2 × 7.9 × 1.6 cm)
1969.0202.0038
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 179
Entry 179 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Unusual daguerreotype of large old lady and tiny girl. Old grandma has unusual high or gaudy bonnet and surplice scarf of white. Fine expression—very stout. Tiny girl has off-should dress with bows and fine gold necklace. No record. (1.00)
Entry 179 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Unusual daguerreotype of large old lady and tiny girl. Old grandma has unusual high or gaudy bonnet and surplice scarf of white. Fine expression—very stout. Tiny girl has off-should dress with bows and fine gold necklace. No record. (1.00)
