Untitled (Diptych: Man and a Child, and a Woman and a Girl)
Entry/Object ID
2022.35
Description
A diptych of two oval portrait daguerreotypes of a father and baby son on the left and the mother and toddler daughter on the right. Father is seated with the baby boy on his lap. Mother is seated and the older girl stands beside her. Father has a chin beard and wears typical photo clothing of the day. Mother wears a black tie at her neck with a gold pin and appears to wear a lighter color lower apron. Child wears a patterned dress. Earnest and sympathetic.
