Unidentified Grandmother and Grandson (United States, early 1850s)


Figure 1.--Here we have a wonderful Daguerreotype portrait of an elderly lady and we presume her grandson. The portrait is undated, but we would guess the early 1850s. Unfortunately the pair is not identified and we have no clue to where they were from in America. The portrait is particularly interesting because it is colorized.

Here we have a wonderful Daguerreotype portrait of an elderly lady and we presume her grandson. The portrait is undated, but we would guess the early 1850s. Unfortunately the pair is not identified and we have no clue to where they were from in America. The portrait is particularly interesting because it is colorized. Grandmother wears a bonnet with what looks like a black dress with grey colr details. The color matches the boy's blouse which has a cut-pattern white collar. We assume that was simplly the easiest approach, rather than the actual colors. The boy's trousers button on to his blouse. He looks to be about 6 years old and had ringlet curls, something e do not see too often in these Dagererreotypes. The favrics involved are show in clear detail.







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