Portrait of a couple
Artist
Montgomery P. Simons
(American, 1817 - 1877)
DateJuly 25, 1846
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (three-quarter): 7 1/8 × 5 1/2 inches (18.11 × 13.97 cm)
Case (open): 7 × 12 1/2 × 1/2 inches (17.78 × 31.75 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 7 × 6 1/4 × 7/8 inches (17.78 × 15.88 × 2.21 cm)
Case (open): 7 × 12 1/2 × 1/2 inches (17.78 × 31.75 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 7 × 6 1/4 × 7/8 inches (17.78 × 15.88 × 2.21 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.24.13
SignedEmbossed on case verso, center: "M.P. SIMONS PHILA"
InscribedPaper label attached to plate verso, white label with black type and black pen: "M / Daguerreotyped July 25, 1846 / BY M.P. SIMONS, / NO.120 CESTNUT STREET, BELOW FOURTH, SOUTH SIDE, PHILADELPHIA. / Miniatures of all sizes, Family Groups, &c., taken in / the most faithful manner. / OIL PAINTINGS AND PICTURES / Of all kinds Copied and Coloured in IMITATION OF THE / ORIGINAL, upon the most reasonable terms."
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DescriptionImage of man and woman with rosy cheeks seated beside one another. They are both well dressed - the man in suit with tie and vest and the woman in a long full dress with decorative pleating. This three-quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside a full brown leather case with dark blue silk liner.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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