[Mother and son]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Mother and son]
ca. 1855
Daguerreotype
Image (each): 2 5/8 × 2 1/8 in. (6.7 × 5.4 cm) (1/6 plates)
Case: 3 3/4 × 3 5/16 × 1 in. (9.5 × 8.4 × 2.5 cm)
Purchase
1969.0202.0028
Inscriptions Entry 73 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Two fine daguerreotypes of mother and son of 14 or 15 yrs. Close resemblance. Ancestors of Late H.V. Scott. Beautiful gutta percha double case with lovely floral and conventional designs signed by the artist “Key”.
