Unidentified Boy (United States, late-1840s?)


Figure 1.--The boy here looks to be about 5-6 years old. He wears a checkered tunic. This was a popular pattern for tunics, perhaps it was similar to plaid. The outmid had a mid-sized ruffle collar and ruffled short sleeves. He wears it with a very wide leather belt. He also wears white long pants or drawers. It is difficut to tell which from the image. He ha relatively short hair.

This is a 1/6 size daguerreotype portrait. This dag is protected by a brown leather case with velvet lining and gold trimed frame with embossed flowers. Dating Daguerreotypes is very difficult. And unfortunately modt dags are not dated. Unlike CDVs and cabinent cards, there was no convinient back surface where the owner could scrible a note. We are guessing that this portrait was taken in the late 1840s,but it could have been taken in the 1850s. We are not yet able to make informed assesstments as to the dates of the dags. The boy here was photographed in an fancy arm chair. People were almost always photogaphed sitting down. The slow speed of the dag pltes meant that subjects had to be steadied. looks to be about 5-6 years old. He wears a front-buttoning checkered tunic. This was a popular pattern for tunics, perhaps it was similar to plaid. The outmid had a mid-sized ruffle collar and ruffled short sleeves. He wears it with a very wide leather belt. Notice the large belt buckle. There are faint traces of gold hand coloring on his collar pin and belt buckle. He also wears white long pants or drawers. It is difficut to tell which from the image. He ha relatively short hair.







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