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Young boy and girl : Two young women / Baldwin.

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Title
Young boy and girl : Two young women / Baldwin.
Alternate Title
Two young women
Date
[approximately 1850 to 1860]
Creator
Baldwin, Schuyler C. (Schuyler Colfax), 1823-1900 photographer.
Notes
Two half-length group portraits (possibly showing four siblings) together in one case. At left: young girl standing next to a seated young boy. At right: two seated young women wearing similar dresses and hairstyles. Light hand coloring.
Image on right-hand side exhibits gilt and silver highlights. Silver achieved by chiseling image plate.
Mat of right-hand image stamped in bottom right corner: Baldwin.
Case: front cover detached, leather with geometric pattern and two hook-and-eye locks, scalloped mats.
Title devised by cataloger.
Names and Subjects
David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography.
Photographs shelf.
Boys--United States--1850-1860.
Children--United States--1850-1860.
Girls--United States--1850-1860.
Genre
Daguerreotypes 1850-1860.
Group portraits 1850-1860.
Photograph cases 1850-1860.
Portrait photographs 1850-1860.
ID
8836
Barcode
B9687798
Physical Description
2 photographs : daguerreotypes, partially hand-colored ; plates 82 x 70 mm. (sixth plate format)
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William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated
2019-10-21 10:11:48
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