Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait, image size 7 x 6 cm, depicting a mother seated sideways facing a child. Also seated, the child gazes at the camera while holding a pamphlet or chapbook in one hand and a pen or pencil in the other hand. The daguerreotype is framed by a pebble-textured mat and is housed in an original embossed leather carry case, container size 10 x 8 cm, with a clasp and hook closure and red plush pad inside the front cover. Unidentified photographer and subjects. Undated.

Photographs, diaries, correspondence, maps, journals, publications, annual reports, typescripts, articles relating to Papua New Guinea by Arthur Lyons, John Murphy, Daphne Winnifred Lyons, and others.