Portrait of a Child
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1845
notes: label: Description
content: Half-cased portrait of a seated child, body and gaze turned slightly to the viewer's right, wearing white pantaloons, a patterned dress, and a hat or bonnet with wide plaid ribbon tied in a bow under the chin. Cheeks hand-tinted pink. Daguerreotype, octagonal pebble-textured mat and glass are loose; placed in the back half of a hinged case covered in brown leather stamped with an oval design. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Heirs of William and Dennis Ramsay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.220760.005C
label: accession number
content: 220760
label: catalog number
content: 220760.005C
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Object Name
content: case, photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: velvet (edging inside case material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (photograph material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (mat material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (mat material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (glazing material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (case hardware material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, framed photo: 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in; 1.27 cm x 9.525 cm x 8.5725 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, piece of glass: 1/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 7/8 in; .3175 cm x 8.255 cm x 7.3025 cm