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Daniel Stroud Robeson as a child
Daniel Stroud Robeson as a child
Daniel Stroud Robeson as a child
Daniel Stroud Robeson as a child
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Daniel Stroud Robeson as a child

Permanent ID:
7262
Date:
circa 1843
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Seated boy wearing a roundabout with a white collar, and tartan trousers. Preserver: [none] (pre-1847). Mat: Octagonal with pebble finish (1839-mid 40s). Case: Leather covered wood frame embossed with the rare "The Grecian Urn" design by casemaker John Plumbe, Jr. [Plate 140 on page 126 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] on the front only, with a red velvet pinchpad and a plain (unembossed) green silk cushion (ca. 1841).
Inscription:
(Printed on paper): Daniel Stroud Robeson as a child (b. Aug. 13, 1841 - d. Dec. 12, 1928) (Identifying List for Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes (housed with collection))

(Pencil on applied label): #21 Daguerreotype / Daniel Stroud Robeson / as a child / (b. Aug 13, 1841 - d. Dec. 12, 1928) (Verso of adjacent color photographic reproduction)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 6.7 cm, Height: 8.0 cm (image)
Width: 2 5/8 in, Height: 3 1/8 in (image)
Width: 7.9 cm, Height: 9.0 cm, Depth: 1.7 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 17/32 in, Depth: 21/32 in (case)
Collection:
Earl, Collins, and Robeson families cased photos
Related People or Organizations:
Robeson, Daniel Stroud (depicted)
Barbara Sherman (was donated by)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85035408]
Photography of children [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85101337]