Lady in Costume
Original Language TitleKostümierte Dame
Artist
Victor Plumier
(Belgian, 1820 - 1878)
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (13.97 × 11.43 cm)
Mat: 8 1/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20.64 × 16.83 cm)
Mat: 8 1/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20.64 × 16.83 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2007.17.28
SignedOn plate verso, on backing paper, top, on white label, in black type: "VICTOR PLUMIER / [emblem] PHOTOGRAPHE [emblem] / RUE VIVIENNE, 36. / PARIS / Imp. Gal. St. Marc, 22."
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a woman dressed in an off-the-shoulder dress with a tiny pointed cap; she is leaning against a pillar which holds an urn filled with flowers. This half-plate daguerreotype is partially colored and housed in a black and gold passé partout style mat.Gallery LabelAt the time this image was made, its vivid, intricate details would only have been possible using the daguerreotype process. Prized for its brilliant tones and almost microscopic detail, the daguerreotype was first introduced in France in 1839.
The identity of the sitter is unknown, but given the large size of the plate (more costly than smaller plates) and photographer Victor Plumier’s elite clientele, it is possible that she was a wealthy woman dressed for a ball.
Purchased from Lempertz Auction, Cologne, Germany, lot 4, December 2, 2006 by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2006;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2007.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2007.
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