ca. 1850
HGO-01-004-A-2 [Drawer 41 in old database]
GUSN-253971
Infant, apparently with only one arm and no legs, is supported by apparatus concealed by drapery; Walter B. Eastman, listed at various Boston locations, had been an operator at Plumbe's Daguerrian Gallery in the 1840s
portraits
infants
physically handicapped
portrait format
sitting
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Mat: "Eastman" stamped at bottom right corner.
DagID 87
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D06.083
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 (HxW)(inches)
3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 5/8 (HxWxD)(inches)
Walter B. Eastman (Photographer)
Eastman (Photographer)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-2 [Drawer 41 in old database]
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