Portrait of a mountain man or trapper
Book TitlePortrait of a mountain man or trapper
Exhibition TitlePortrait of a mountain man or trapper
Artist
Frederick Coombs
(American, 1803 - 1874)
Date1850-1851
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 7/8 × 7 3/4 × 1/2 inches (12.37 × 19.69 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 4 7/8 × 3 7/8 × 7/8 inches (12.37 × 9.83 × 2.21 cm)
Case (open): 4 7/8 × 7 3/4 × 1/2 inches (12.37 × 19.69 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 4 7/8 × 3 7/8 × 7/8 inches (12.37 × 9.83 × 2.21 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.53
SignedArtist's attribution on mat recto, lower left corner, embossed: "F. COOMBS"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a seated man with full beard and hair pulled back at the nape of his neck. He wears a heavy jacket with finge and holds a rifle in his lap as he looks toward the viewer. This quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside a dark brown Union Case with an embossed rust-colored velvet liner. The case depicts a cherub holding the horns of a deer with an arrow in his side; they are surrounded by birds and vines.ProvenancePurchased from Photographies 12703, Christie's, Paris, France, November 10, 2016, lot 59 by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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