Boy wearing an unbuttoned roundabout with shiny buttons daguerreotype, 1851

Image: 1/6 plate; Seated boy with arm resting on posing table, hair parted on one side, wearing dark trousers and an unbuttoned roundabout with shiny buttons, a white, pleated, front-buttoned shirt with a turned down collar, and a dark tie, a ring on his finger, and color applied to his cheeks. Pres...

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Collection:Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes (#3404)
Date:1851
Dimensions:7 x 8.2 cm
2 3/4 x 3 7/32 in
Box Number:Box 1
Format: Electronic
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Copyright:Public domain
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/6136
Summary: Image: 1/6 plate; Seated boy with arm resting on posing table, hair parted on one side, wearing dark trousers and an unbuttoned roundabout with shiny buttons, a white, pleated, front-buttoned shirt with a turned down collar, and a dark tie, a ring on his finger, and color applied to his cheeks. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: [none].