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[Unidentified boys, half-length portraits, probably George F. Becker and Alexander Rudolph Becker as children] – Vintage Photo Print

[Unidentified boys, half-length portraits, probably George F. Becker and Alexander Rudolph Becker as children], [between 1849 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Unidentified boys, half-length portraits, probably George F. Becker and Alexander Rudolph Becker as children], [between 1849 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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Two boys in half-length pose appear on this sixth-plate daguerreotype, a small format that fit easily into the hinged cases popular in the 1850s. The case has a mixed-flower design on the front and a cross on the back, and the plate bears a maker's hallmark. The sitters are probably George F. Becker and Alexander Rudolph Becker, identified by resemblance to carte-de-visite portraits in a related lot, and the 1849 to 1860 date rests on the boys' apparent ages. George Ferdinand Becker, born in 1847, later became a noted geologist, and family papers at the Library of Congress preserve context for pictures like this one.

Created / published[between 1849 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : sixth-plate daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1840-1860.Portrait photographs 1840-1860.Group portraits 1840-1860.
NotesCase: front - mixed flowers; back - cross motif. Date based on age of sitters. Hallmark: Rinhart 29. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1954. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Papers of the G.F. Becker, 1814-1928 (Library of Congress).
SubjectsBecker, G. F. (George Ferdinand),--1847- Becker, Alexander Rudolph.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,009 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi
Reference25_Unidentified_boys_halfl_1849

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