Baby

Artist Unknown

CultureAmerican

DateNo Date

MediumNinth plate ambrotype

DimensionsOverall: 2 x 2 1/2 in. (5.1 x 6.4 cm)

InscribedPrinted on paper label, inside case, beneath image: "Littlefield, Parson & Co., Manufacturers of Daguerreotype cases. L., P. & Co., are the sole Proprietors and only legal Manufacturers of UNION CASES, with the Embracing Riveted Hinge. Patented October 14, 1856, and April 21, 1857." Imprinted on face of metal mat below image: "THE UNION NOW AND FOREVER"

Credit LineGift of Christina and Dr. George M. Kemp

Object number2001.39.21

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DescriptionThis is a ninth plate ambrotype in a thermoplastic case of a baby.

ProvenanceGift of Dr. and Mrs. George M. Kemp to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 2001.