[Family]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Family]
ca. 1850
Daguerreotype
Image: 2 11/16 × 3 11/16 in. (6.8 × 9.4 cm) (1/4 plate)
Case: 4 7/8 × 4 × 1 in. (12.4 × 10.2 × 2.5 cm)
1969.0202.0066
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 158
Entry 158 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Unusual large daguerreotype with family group of six—four children and parents. In beautiful gutta percha case with 6 figures molded on each cover, 4 humans, 2 animals, horse & dog. This daguerreotype, probably European, was gift from Mr. S. Martin. Case subject is “gypsy fortune-teller”. (case $2.00)
Entry 158 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Unusual large daguerreotype with family group of six—four children and parents. In beautiful gutta percha case with 6 figures molded on each cover, 4 humans, 2 animals, horse & dog. This daguerreotype, probably European, was gift from Mr. S. Martin. Case subject is “gypsy fortune-teller”. (case $2.00)
