[ Photographs ] (Cased Images) Children Quarter-plate daguerreotype 3/4-length portrait of a boy in a frock coat, standing in a Napoleonic pose with one hand raised to his waist; with delicate hand coloring on the table covering upon which the boy's

[ Photographs ] (Cased Images) Children Quarter-plate daguerreotype 3/4-length portrait of a boy in a frock coat, standing in a Napoleonic pose with one hand raised to his waist; with delicate hand coloring on the table covering upon which the boy's hand rests; in a full leather case. Early 1850s E1500-2000 An image which is outstanding for the elegant simplicity of its subject's pose, as well as his graceful countenance. It is also an interesting example of daguerreian copy art: the portrait, which is clear and finely delineated, is also a copy, a fact which is noticeable only by the area of masking at each corner