Louisa Betts Corlies and Kate V. Betts
SubjectPortrait of
Louisa Betts Corlies
American, 1852 - 1888
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
MakerPlate made by
Marc Antoine Auguste Gaudin
French, 1804 - 1880
Date1853
MediumDaguerreotype; silver-coated copper plate in brass window mat package in tooled leather-covered wooden case. Embossed red velvet pad in left side of case (halves are detached)
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4in. (8.3 × 7cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 1/2in. (9.2 × 8.3 × 1.3cm)
Other (case height x width x depth): 3 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 1/2in. (9.2 × 8.3 × 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Etta Corlies Chapman
DescriptionSixth-plate hand-colored daguerreotype of Louisa Betts Corlies and Kate V. Betts. Corlies is perhaps one year old. She is wearing a blue dress. Kate is older, perhaps 6 years old. She is wearing an off-the-shoulder red plaid/gingham dress. Both girls are wearing red necklaces.
Object number1956.47.14
MarkingsDaguerreotype plate: "A Gaudin"InscribedHandwritten in black ink on slip of paper in case: "Kate V. Betts / Louisa B. Corlies""Double - A. Gaudin - / on dag. plate"
On View
Not on view
about 1877
about 1855
Edward C. Betts