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Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Portraits of a Man and a Woman
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Portraits of a Man and a Woman

Artist/Maker (United States, 1858-1866)
Dateca. 1860
Mediumdaguerreotype
DimensionsOverall (Each of 2): 2 5/8 × 2 in. (6.7 × 5.1 cm)
Overall (Case): 3 3/4 × 6 1/4 × 1 in. (9.5 × 15.9 × 2.5 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Kendell and Tony Turner
Terms
    Object number2013.16.16
    DescriptionTwo daguerreotypes, one of an unidentified man and the other of an unidentified woman, inset together in a gutta percha union case made by Littlefield, Parsons & Co. The inside lid of the case has an embossed purple velvet lining cushion with a floral and arabesque design. The front and back covers of the case have a molded design of a woman holding a child, seated out of doors next to a cradle and large seated dog.
    On View
    Not on view
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Littlefield, Parsons & Co.
    ca. 1857
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1860
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1860
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1860
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1875
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1860
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1860
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1880
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Diego Gonzalez
    ca. 2013