Girl with Granny with Doll
SOLD March 2008 |
Quarter plate French daguerreotype ca. 1845 of elderly woman and girl holding a doll which wears a bonneted outfit similar to her own. Housed in original oval frame slightly under 6.5 x 5.5 inches (16x15 cm), dated "1845" in pen on reverse.
This daguerreotype appears to have been taken outdoors on open earth, probably by an early itinerant daguerreotypist. A white cloth is hung behind the sitters as background and another, dark cloth is hung behind the girl, probably to provide contrast for her white-colored bonnet.
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