[Man and woman]
Photograph
[Man and woman]
ca. 1850
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image (each): 2 1/8 × 1 5/8 in. (5.4 × 4.1 cm) (1/9 plate)
Case: 3 × 2 5/8 × 15/16 in. (7.6 × 6.7 × 2.4 cm)
Purchase
1969.0200.0002
Inscriptions Embossed into brass mat of left daguerreotype, BRC: HOLMES \ 289 BROADWAY
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 78
Entry 78 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Miniature double daguerreotype of man + wife, taken by Holmes, 289 Broadway (N.Y.?) Well preserved from about 1845. In fine gutta percha case.
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 78
Entry 78 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Miniature double daguerreotype of man + wife, taken by Holmes, 289 Broadway (N.Y.?) Well preserved from about 1845. In fine gutta percha case.
