Beckers & Piard (New York)
1850 (ca)
Aztec Children

Daguerreotypes
Amherst College, Archives & Special Collections
Night at the Museum, Archive for the 'Amherst College Faculty' Category
(Accessed: 19 November 2014)
http://consecratedeminence.wordpress.com/category/amherst-college-faculty/

Our daguerreotype was most likely a purchase by Professor Adams during the visit to Boston by Barnum's circus in late 1850-51. The daguerreotype, perhaps one of many sold during the tour, was taken by Beckers & Piard of New York, ca. 1850. The half-legible inscription (in Adams's hand?) pinned to the velvet liner says: “Aztec Children. The boy weighs 20 lbs; is supposed to be about 15 years old. The girl weighs 17 lbs; is supposed to be about 12 years old.” The rest is frustratingly illegible, even in Photoshop.

Maximo and Bartola and the myth of Iximaya
(Accessed: 19 November 2014)
pennrare.wordpress.com/2014/04/08/maximo-and-bartola-and-the-myth-of-iximaya/
 
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