Portrait of a Young Boy

Photograph

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Dorros Photography Collection

Name/Title

Portrait of a Young Boy

Entry/Object ID

2020.388

Description

seated in high chair, eyes slightly crossed, wearing a long black jacked smocked at waist with white pants, white ruffles along collar and down front

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Daguerreotype

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Role

Photographer

Date made

circa 1850

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

inscribed on a loose piece of paper "Amasa. S. Lamb - son of Freeman and Clarissa"

Dimensions

Height

3-13/16 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Depth

13/16 in

Dimension Notes

Plate size: sixth

Accessories

Accessory

Case

Notes

Thermoplastic case "The Calmady Children", S.Peck and Co., #129, p.92., and Geometric Scroll, #282.,p. 126, K.K. with W.

Condition

Notes

overall good condition, Image: slight oxidation around edges