Portraits of a Girl and a Boy

1850s

McClees & Germon

Associated Names
McClees & Germon

Artist, American, 1846 - c. 1855

The image is a diptych featuring two children. The left side shows a young child seated in a wicker chair, with their full body visible. They have round facial features, softly curving hair, and are wearing a patterned dress. The right side features another child standing beside a small table draped with an ornate cloth, with a straw hat featuring a ribbon detail placed on top. This child's full body is also visible, and they have similar facial features and hairstyle to the seated child. The child is dressed in a buttoned suit with a white collar. Both photos have a textured, dark background and are presented in matching decorative frames with gold accents, mounted together within a reddish-brown case.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    2 daguerreotypes with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (each, visible): 7 × 5.7 cm (2 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
    mat (each): 8.1 × 6.9 cm (3 3/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
    case (closed): 9 × 7.9 × 1.6 cm (3 9/16 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.145.14


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Ezra Mack, New York); (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 1990; NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on each brass mat, bottom left embossed: McCLEES & GERMON; bottom right embossed: PHILA


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