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[Unidentified woman holding child in her lap] – Antique Photo Print

[Unidentified woman holding child in her lap], [between 1847 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Unidentified woman holding child in her lap], [between 1847 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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A hand-colored sixth-plate daguerreotype, its brass mat stamped "J. P. Ball, Cincinnati," shows a woman holding a child in her lap. Cincinnati was one of the busiest daguerreotype centers in the 1850s, and the small plate size and tinted cheeks, lips, and clothing made these portraits affordable keepsakes for families of modest means. The sitters remain unidentified, but the oval case with its decorative scrolls and the mother-and-child pose reflect the sentimental taste of the period.

Created / published[between 1847 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : sixth-plate daguerreotype, hand-colored.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1840-1860.Group portraits 1840-1860.
NotesCase: oval surrounded by scrolls. Barboza number: 6019.035. Stamped on brass mat: J. P. Ball, Cincinnati. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,724 × 4,705 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi
Reference493_Unidentified_woman_hold_1847

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