[Child seated on cane chair]

[Child seated on cane chair]

Photograph

[Child seated on cane chair]

ca. 1855
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image: 2 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (7 × 5.7 cm) (1/6 plate)
Case: 3 7/8 × 3 1/2 × 3/4 in. (9.8 × 8.9 × 1.9 cm)
1969.0202.0040
Inscriptions Embossed in gold color on spine of case: Memento
Entry 34 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Very old decorated papier-maché and mother-of-pearl case with very old unfixed daguerreotype of little boy in plaid dress on old cane rocker. Cap on top of rocker.
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