Three cigar smokers
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 2 3/4 × 3 1/4 inches (6.99 × 8.26 cm)
Mat (+preserver): 2 3/4 × 3 1/4 inches (6.99 × 8.26 cm)
Mat (+preserver): 2 3/4 × 3 1/4 inches (6.99 × 8.26 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.44.22
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsModern paper seal on plate verso, in black pen: "Swedlund / Prior 7/17/12"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionPortrait of three men wearing suits and top hats seated with arms around one another as they smoke cigars. This sixth plate uncased daguerreotype is housed in brass mat with decorative preserver.ProvenanceWith the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO by 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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