Unidentified Family (United States, early 1850s)


Figure 1.--A Daguerreotype portrait show what looks kike a family group, the father, mother, and apparently an only child. We have no idea where they lived in America. The mother has lightly tinted cheeks in checkered dress holding a book. The father has lost an arm. I thought this night be a Civil War veteran, but he looks rather old to have been in the War. The boy holds his father's stubby arm. He hs a very plain suit. The Daguerreotypist has tinted the boy's shirt blue.

A Daguerreotype portrait show what looks kike a family group, the father, mother, and apparently an only child. We have no idea where they lived in America. The mother has lightly tinted cheeks in checkered dress holding a book. This was somewhat unusual because it was more common for the boy or man to be pictured with a book. The father has lost an arm. We do not know how this may have occurred. I thought this night be a Civil War veteran, but he looks rather old to have been in the War. The boy holds his father's stubby arm. He hs a very plain suit. The Daguerreotypist has tinted the boy's shirt blue. I am not sure. butthis suggests that the shirt may actually have been blue. Is curly hair covrs his ears as does that of his father. We think this is an 1850s dag, but we are not at all sure how to date these dags. Wle we can not date or identify this family, the portrait suggests a very close nit, loving family. Notice how they are clinging on to each other, a strong indication of a loving family.






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