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Here we have another unknown family, a 6th plate size cased Daguerreotype. Unfortuntely with Dags and Ambros very few have any attached informtion. This is a beautiful Dag clearly showing three older children about 11-18 years of age. It is not dated, but the dealer suggests the 1850s. And we tend to agree. Differentiating 1840s and 50s Dags is very difficult. We tend to think that clothes in the 1850s were better fitted and more tailored than what we see in the 1840s. Here we see a girl about 11 years old wearing a plain plaid dress with a modest lace collar. She has two small hair bows. Her older brothers are more elaborately dressed in identical suits. The sleeves seem long, perhaps new suits purchased in a larger size. They look to be long cut, double-breasted suits. They are heavy suits, suggesting a northern family. Only the fixings are different although we are not sure to what extent this was purposeful. It could be age grading. The older brother has a standup collar and huge cravat. The younger brother has a laid down collar and much smaller cravat. Their hair is longish, covering much of their ears.
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