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Grandmere Sans Dentier, Gaudin 1/6th-Plate Daguerreotype, Circa 1846

© Ann Longmore-Etheridge Collection

I think she is utterly adorable. She is also dressed in widow's garb.

 

The Plate is marked "Double, A. Gaudin, 40," the hallmark of Antoine Gaudin & Bro. 9 Rue de la Perle, Paris, a French company whose products were widely used by daguerreians throughout America.

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Uploaded on August 23, 2011
Taken on August 23, 2011