[Group portrait of an unidentified boy and girl, three-quarter length, seated on upholstered bench, facing front, holding books] – Antique Photo Print
![[Group portrait of an unidentified boy and girl, three-quarter length, seated on upholstered bench, facing front, holding books], [between 1840 and 1860] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/19/19e783067a84-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures [Group portrait of an unidentified boy and girl, three-quarter length, seated on upholstered bench, facing front, holding books] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Group portrait of an unidentified boy and girl, three-quarter length, seated on upholstered bench, facing front, holding books]
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Two unidentified children, a boy and a girl, sit side by side on an upholstered bench in this sixth plate daguerreotype, each holding a book. Families in the 1840s and 1850s often chose such props to suggest learning and respectability, and the long exposures of the process required sitters to hold still. The small format and metal case with leather insert made these portraits affordable enough to carry or keep close at hand, though the photographer is not recorded.
| Created / published | [between 1840 and 1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1840-1860.Group portraits 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860. |
| Notes | Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Case: metal case with leather insert, variant of Rinhart 90, Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,287 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 196_Group_portrait_of_an_un_1840 |
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