Skip to main content
recto overall
Portrait of Hesler’s Three Sisters
recto overall
recto overall

Portrait of Hesler’s Three Sisters

Artist Alexander Hesler (American, born Canada, 1823 - 1895)
Dateca. 1854
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 6 x 4 3/4 x 5/8 inches (15.24 x 12.07 x 1.59 cm)
Case open: 6 x 9 5/8 x 9/16 inches (15.24 x 24.45 x 1.43 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2013.9.7
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionHalf plate cased daguerreotype housed in oval brass mat with burgundy velvet liner which is embossed. Image of three women grouped tightly around a small table. Each is wearing a dress with a full skirt and their hair is parted in the center.
Information about a particular artwork or image, including provenance information, is based upon historic information and may not be currently accurate or complete. Research on artwork and images is an ongoing process, and the information about a particular artwork or image may not reflect the most current information available to the Museum. If you notice a mistake or have additional information about a particular artwork or image, please e-mail provenance@nelson-atkins.org.


Portrait of a Woman
Alexander Hesler
ca. 1850-1854
2005.27.348
Quadruple Portrait of James Duncan Graham Sr.
Alexander Hesler
ca. 1855-1859
2005.37.58
Man and woman
Alexander Hesler
ca. 1855-1859
2005.27.36
Standing Girl at Table with Book
Beckers & Piard
ca. 1850
2005.37.123
Jenny Lind
John H. Fitzgibbon
1851
2005.27.40
The Adlard Sisters
Unknown
ca. 1855
2005.37.127
image overall
George H. Johnson
ca. 1849
2019.22.21
Portrait of a Man
Alexander Hesler
ca. 1855
2005.27.4803
image overall
Unknown
ca. 1850-1852
2016.75.349
image overall
Enoch Long
ca. 1853
2018.49.6