Daguerreotype of a woman with a child on her lap
date: label: Date
content: 1839-1865
name: label: Subject of
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: Daguerreotype of a woman wearing a floral checked patterned blouse. The woman looks straight ahead at the camera and holds a baby on her lap. The baby wears a dress with a light colored dot pattern. The portrait is in front of a plain grey background. The daguerreotype is an a black painted wood frame with decorative painted gold edging in the center around the photograph. The back of the frame features a carved scroll and floral motif. The paint has worn off at the raised edges of the design.
place: label: Place collected
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.155.146
objectType: label: Type
content: daguerreotypes
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver on copper photographic plates with wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 1/2 in. (9.4 × 8.3 × 1.3 cm)