Frost on a Window
Artist
Southworth & Hawes
(American, active 1843-1861; Albert Sands Southworth, 1811-1894; Josiah Johnson Hawes, 1808-1901)
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Mat: 3 13/16 × 3 7/16 inches (9.68 × 8.73 cm)
Framed: 4 × 3 1/2 × 1/4 inches (10.16 × 8.89 × 0.64 cm)
Mat: 3 13/16 × 3 7/16 inches (9.68 × 8.73 cm)
Framed: 4 × 3 1/2 × 1/4 inches (10.16 × 8.89 × 0.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.15
Signednone
InscribedStamped on plate: "Scovill."
Markingsnone
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of ice crystals covering a window pane. This sixth plate uncased daguerreotype is housed in a white mat with a gold toned paper seal.ProvenancePurchased from Novomeszky Galleries, Inc. by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1999;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO 2005.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO 2005.
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Southworth & Hawes
ca. 1850-1851; printed 1912
2020.11.4
