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[Erasmus Darwin and Emily Cooper, three-quarter length portrait, seated] – Vintage Wall Art

[Erasmus Darwin and Emily Cooper, three-quarter length portrait, seated], [between 1840 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Erasmus Darwin and Emily Cooper, three-quarter length portrait, seated], [between 1840 and 1860]. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(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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[Erasmus Darwin and Emily Cooper, three-quarter length portrait, seated]

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Erasmus Darwin Cooper and his sister Emily Gibson Cooper sit side by side in this sixth plate daguerreotype, posed three-quarter length. A note written inside the case by Addie Hatch, dated February 28, 1863, from Moravia, identifies them as brother and sister. Erasmus was born in 1827 and Emily in 1829, so the portrait was made when they were young, probably between 1840 and 1860, the years when daguerreotypes were the most common form of studio portrait. The photographer is unidentified, but the case and its note survive as part of the Cooper Curtice Papers at the Library of Congress.

Created / published[between 1840 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Group portraits 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesPhotographer unidentified. Case: Rinhart 138. Accompanying note inside case: Brother and sister, Darwin and Emily Cooper. Addie Hatch, Feb. 28, 1863, Moravia. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1980; (DLC/PP-1980:045). Forms part of: Cooper Curtice Papers, 1822-1950 (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsCooper, Emily Gibson,--1829-1922. Cooper, Erasmus Darwin,--1827-1905.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,305 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference117_Erasmus_Darwin_and_Emil_1840

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