Portrait of Four Girls

Name/Title

Portrait of Four Girls

Entry/Object ID

2020.456

Description

three girls seated next to each other, youngest stands and holds oldest girl's hand, middle (age) girls also hold hands

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Daguerreotype

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Littlefield, Parsons & Co.

Role

Case maker

Date made

circa 1850

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

typed on yellow paper attached to case underneath image "Littlefield, Parsons & Co.-Manufacturers of-Daguerreotype Manufacturers of UNION cases,-With The-Embracing Riveted Hinge. Patented, Oct. 14, 1856 & April 21, 1857."

Dimensions

Height

4-3/4 in

Width

3-13/16 in

Depth

15/16 in

Dimension Notes

Plate size: quarter

Condition

Notes

Case: good condition, black marks on BRC of glass Image: beginning to fade - dark areas becoming transparent and a series of dots