Historical Portrait
[Portrait of a baby smiling]
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Archive record
1 photograph : tintype ; plate 15 x 11 cm
About this photograph
This tintype from 1860 is attributed to Daniel Carter Beard. The photograph shows a smiling baby.
The plate measures 15 by 11 centimeters. Tintypes were a common photographic format in the mid-19th century, created by exposing an image directly onto a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel.
Beyond what the catalogue record states, nothing is known about the identity of the child, the circumstances of the sitting, or the relationship between the photographer and subject.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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