Multiple exposures of family group
Artist
Montgomery P. Simons
(American, 1817 - 1877)
Dateca. 1846-1848
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 3/8 × 7 1/2 × 1/4 inches (11.13 × 19.05 × 0.64 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/8 × 3 5/8 × 5/8 inches (11.13 × 9.22 × 1.6 cm)
Case (open): 4 3/8 × 7 1/2 × 1/4 inches (11.13 × 19.05 × 0.64 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/8 × 3 5/8 × 5/8 inches (11.13 × 9.22 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.24.14
SignedEmbossed on case verso, center: "M.P. SIMONS PHILA"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn plate verso, center, white label, in pencil: "PP333";
On paper tape on plate verso, in pencil: "Resealed 4/15 JK".
On View
On viewGallery Location
- L10
Collections
DescriptionFive circular portraits on a single plate: two of men, one woman, a young boy, a young girl in the center. This quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in brass mat inside a brown leather case with an emerald green silk liner. The case cover depicts an idealized scene of a house with a fenced yard and frolicking animals.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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