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[Unidentified girl and boy] – Vintage Photo Print

[Unidentified girl and boy], [between 1850 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Unidentified girl and boy], [between 1850 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Unidentified girl and boy] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Two unidentified children are the subject of this small sixth-plate daguerreotype, a format that was smaller and less costly than the larger plates and suited to the many family portraits made in the 1850s. The brass mat is stamped with the name F. Grice, and the case and hallmark correspond to references in Rinhart's catalog of American daguerreotypes, which helps place the piece among the cased portraits of its decade. Exposures still took seconds rather than the instant of later photography, so sitters, especially young ones, had to hold still for the picture to come out sharp. The plate entered the Library of Congress as a purchase from the Anthony Barboza collection in 1999.

Created / published[between 1850 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : sixth-plate daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1850-1860.Group Portraits 1850-1860.
NotesCase: Rinhart 32. Stamped on brass mat: F. Grice. Barboza number: 6019.007. Hallmark: Rinhart 29. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,000 × 4,057 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference637_Unidentified_girl_and_b_1850

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