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Portrait of Georgiana Gardiner

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1855
MediumAmbrotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 3/8 inches (9.22 × 16.51 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 5/8 inches (9.22 × 8.26 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.336
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionVery dark image of young girl wearing an off-the-shoulder dress with earrings, two bracelets, and a necklace. She stands with her right toe pointed out while her arms hold the skirt of her dress. Sixth plate ambrotype housed in brass mat with red velvet embossed liner inside brown leather covered case.
Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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