Portrait of a woman in mourning with child

Book TitleWoman in mourning with child

Artist Robert H. Vance (American, 1825 - 1876)

Dateca. 1855

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 3/4 × 7 5/8 × 3/8 inches (12.07 × 19.37 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 inches (12.07 × 9.53 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.32

SignedOn velvet liner inside case, center, embossed: "R.H. VANCE'S / PREMIUM DAGUERREAN GALLERIES / SAN FRANCISCO / SACRAMENTO / MARYSVILLE"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn modern paper seal, in pencil: "NO PLATE MFG'S MARKS / 407-3-97 / REGLAZED, SEALED WITH FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE. 5-24-2006 GSW"

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DescriptionImage of a woman seated next to a young girl. The girl is wearing an unadorned short-sleeved dress. The woman is wearing a dress, dark shawl, and hat with large bow tied under her chin. Their cheeks are tinted with a rosy hue and their jewelry is embellished with gold. This quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in a decorative brass mat with rounded corners inside a traditional decorative paper covered wooden case with a metal clasp and gold embellishments and a burgundy velvet liner.Published References

Published References

Peter Palmquist, "Robert Vance: Pioneer in Western Landscape Photography," American West (September/October 1981): 22-27; Peter E. Palmquist and Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers of the Far West, A Biographical Dictionary, 1840-1865 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000): 559-65.

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