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Formal portrait of a woman and small girl sitting next to each other, facing forward, both look toward the viewer.

The woman on the right has dark hair neatly tied back, parted in the middle, wearing a dark dress with lace collar, the wide lace cuff is visible on her left hand. She delicately holds the girl’s small hand. The child sits on the left, she has dark hair parted in the middle and holds something in her right hand in her lap. Their faces are without expression, neither of them smiles. Hand painting has added pink to the cheeks of both sitters, and light blue coloring to the girl’s dress. Plain background, the glass has some surface spots.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.3876
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Untitled (woman and child, seated, three-quarter length)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1839 - c. 1860
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/149460

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hand-colored sixth plate daguerreotype
Technique
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
8.3 x 7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.3876
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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