Figure 1.--As with most Dags we have no associated information with this half-plate Daguerreotype portrait. The portrait is in an embossed leather case trimmed in gilt. Mother has a molded hair style, often ending in a bun at the back. In this case, however, thereseems to be long hair at the back. But Mother's molded hair style and the poor composition, suggesting an inexperienced photographer, was probably taken in the 1840s. But the early-1850s is certainly possible. We always hope in archiving these images that readers may have insights on the dating. The portrait shows a young mother and her two small children. Click on the imge to see the cased frame.

As with most Dags we have no associated information with this half-plate Daguerreotype portrait. The portrait is in an embossed leather case trimmed in gilt. Mother has a molded hair style, usually ending in a bun at the back. In this case, however, thereseemsto be low hir t the back. Mother's molded hair style and the poor composition, suggesting an inexperienced photographer, was probably taken in the 1840s. But the early-1850s is certainly possible. We always hope in archiving these images that readers may have insights on the dating. The portrait shows a young mother and her two small children. The boy and girl looks to be about 2-4 years old. Their clothing is difficult to make out in detail as they are all kind of jumbled up together. The girl wears a dress, but we can not make out much detail. We think that her big brother also wears a dress. We can make out a scalloped white collar and what looks like a colorful a print dress.

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