The image shows a framed photograph of three people from the waist up. There is a woman on the left, a child in the middle, and a man on the right. The woman wears a patterned shawl and a white bonnet, with a neutral expression. The child wears a dark collared outfit and places one hand on the man's chest. The man wears a suit with a bow tie and has neatly combed dark hair. They are against a backdrop with an ornate foliage pattern, and the photograph is in a wooden frame against a dark matte background.

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Sulisse Family

French 19th Century

1847

Medium: daguerreotype with applied color
Classification: Photograph
Dimensions: image (visible): 7.3 × 9.8 cm (2 7/8 × 3 7/8 in.) ; mat: 14.4 × 17.2 cm (5 11/16 × 6 3/4 in.) ; framed: 22.2 × 25.1 × 1.6 cm (8 3/4 × 9 7/8 × 5/8 in.)
Culture: French
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CPH
Credit line: Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro Ph.D
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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