Portrait of Two Children

1850s

American 19th Century

Associated Names
American 19th Century

Artist

The image shows two young children from the waist up. The child on the left is slightly shorter with curly hair and is wearing a coat with a fur collar. The child on the right has straight hair, parted in the middle, and wearing an off-the-shoulder dress. This child appears to be resting an arm around the shoulders of the child on the left. The image is in a rectangular frame with an ornate gold border. The background is plain and dark, and the children are posed close together with neutral expressions and eyes facing forward.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro Ph.D

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 12.1 × 8.8 cm (4 3/4 × 3 7/16 in.)
    mat: 13.8 × 10.4 cm (5 7/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
    case (closed): 15.3 × 12 × 1.6 cm (6 × 4 3/4 × 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.23.27

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro Collection, New York; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q64144803

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