Figure 1.--Here we have a beautifully posed Daguerreotype of a mother and her two children. You kind of wonfer why dad is not in the porteait. Did mom want a picture of just her with the kids. There of course is no way of knowing. Most Dags show the subjects keeping theirvhands to themselves. The children look to be about 5-8 years old. The typical formality of a Dag is softened by the way the photographr as placed the children's hands. It ispossible that this happened without prompting, but we suspect that this was the touch of a very competent early Daguerreotypist.

Here we have a beautifully posed Daguerreotype of a mother and her two children. You kind of wonfer why dad is not in the porteait. Did mom want a picture of just her with the kids. There of course is no way of knowing. Most Dags show the subjects keeping theirvhands to themselves. The children look to be about 5-8 years old. The typical formality of a Dag is softened by the way the photographr as placed the children's hands. It ispossible that this happened without prompting, but we suspect that this was the touch of a very competent early Daguerreotypist. The hair is very carefully done, something we do not always see in Dags. This may be mom's work, but we suspect that the Daugerreotypist probanly mentioned it to mom. The Dag is not dated, but the clothes suggestthe 1840s to us. The girl wears a basic stripe print dress. As is common with Dgs, mny of the boys do not wear suits. The boy wears a button on blouse with a small rounded collar. It looks to be heavily pleated, something we have not noted before. He also seems to be wearing felt long pants.

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