twin siblings ~ 1840s

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Two Sixth Plate Daguerreotype Portraits of A Boy and a Girl together in a brown “Geometric Scroll” (Krainik 236) Union case, 1840s

The children are probably twins, seated in stencil-decorated chairs. The girl holds a book, the boy with a yo-yo, hand-tinted cheeks and boy’s jacket.

Via: Skinner Auctions 

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