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[Members of the Cresson and Prichett families, with three seated women in front and two men and a boy in the back, standing in front of a framed picture or mirror] – Vintage Wall Art

[Members of the Cresson and Prichett families, with three seated women in front and two men and a boy in the back, standing in front of a framed picture or mirror], [1844 March] — historic photograph
[Members of the Cresson and Prichett families, with three seated women in front and two men and a boy in the back, standing in front of a framed picture or mirror], [1844 March]. 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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The Cresson and Prichett families are named in this March 1844 half-plate daguerreotype, which shows three seated women in front and two men and a boy standing behind them before a framed picture or mirror. The velvet lining of the case is embossed with the name W. & F. Langenheim, the Philadelphia studio of the brothers William and Frederick Langenheim, who worked from the city's Exchange building. A daguerreotype is a single image on silvered copper, so this plate is the only surviving record of the arrangement, and its case, decorated with flowers and butterflies, was restored in 1943.

Created / published[1844 March]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1840-1850.Group portraits 1840-1850.Portrait photographs 1840-1850.
NotesEmbossed on velvet lining inside case: W. & F. Langenheim Philadelphia Exchange. Written on seal: Restored by A.R. Phillips, Jr., May 1943. Case: flowers and butterflies. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1996; (DLC/PP-1996:087.5). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,288 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference266_Members_of_the_Cresson_1844

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